Issues on Health and Healthcare in India: Focus on the North Eastern Region

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
 Introduction  (Utpal Kumar De, Manoranjan Pal, Premananda Bharati)....Pages 1-8
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 Two-Level Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Influencing Anemia Among Nonpregnant Married Women of Reproductive Age in Bangladesh  (Md. Golam Hossain, Kamruzzaman, Abdul Wadood)....Pages 11-19
 Prevalence and Associated Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Developing Countries: A Multi-country Analysis from Nationwide Population-Based Survey  (Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Md. Nurul Islam, Md. Ripter Hossain, Md. Golam Hossain)....Pages 21-40
 On the Determinants of Child Health in India: Does Teenage Pregnancy Matter?  (Dipankar Roy, Avijit Debnath)....Pages 41-52
 Determinants of Psychological Well-being and Its Impact on Mental Health  (Gurudas Bandyopadhyay)....Pages 53-95
 Maternal Anemia: A Village Level Empirical Observation in Assam  (Pranti Dutta)....Pages 97-108
 Identification of the Factors Influencing Child Immunization in West Bengal: A Case Study of Darjeeling District  (Maumita Ghosh, Shrabanti Maity)....Pages 109-125
 Health in North-Eastern States of India: An Analysis of Economic Vulnerabilities  (Amrita Ghatak, N. Lalitha)....Pages 127-161
 Association of Economic Inequality with Health Inequality: Women in Northeast India  (Susmita Bharati)....Pages 163-175
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 Prevalence of Malaria and Hb E in Northeast India: An Econo-genomics Study  (R. Sarada, B. K. Misra, T. Vasulu)....Pages 179-212
 Child Deprivation in Indian Context: Concern About Health- and Education-Related Issues  (Soumyendra Kishore Datta, Krishna Singh)....Pages 213-228
 Health Performance Index and Healthcare Expenditure in Assam: Are There any Structural Change?  (Rimee Bhuyan, Nizara Kalita, Gayatri Goswami)....Pages 229-239
 Assessing Burden of Infant Mortality on Socio-Economic Classes in North-Eastern India  (Sanjeeva Kumar Jha, Ningthoukhongjam Vikimchandra Singh)....Pages 241-253
 Is India on the Path to Replacement Fertility Soon? Exploring the Role of Rural–Urban Differential Pace and Timing of Fertility Decline  (Tapan Kumar Chakrabarty, Mallika Deb)....Pages 255-271
 Prevalence of Child Undernutrition in India: Estimating Extent of Deficits Using Distributions of Nutritional Outcomes  (Tapan Kumar Chakrabarty)....Pages 273-291
 Health Expenditures Across Major States of India: Issues of Convergence and Equality  (Ramesh Chandra Das, Kamal Ray, Utpal Das)....Pages 293-306
 Health and Deprivation: A Suggested Application to the North-Eastern States of India  (Atanu Sengupta, Parnasudha Karmodak)....Pages 307-318
 Inequalities in Child Survival in Eight Northeastern States of India  (Partha De)....Pages 319-337
 The Determinants Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh: Evidence from Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2010  (Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Nurnabi Sheikh, Md. Nurul Islam, Md. Ripter Hossain et al.)....Pages 339-350
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 Access to Life-Saving Medicines and Healthcare: A Case Study of Aurangabad District of Bihar  (Imteyaz Ahmad, Anita Rath)....Pages 353-378
 Meteorological Conditions and Malaria Cases—Study in the Context of Meghalaya  (Strong P. Marbaniang, Laishram Ladusingh)....Pages 379-393
 Comparative Study of Health-Related Physical Fitness Among Children Attending Municipal and International Schools in Nasik City  (Manjusha Bhakay, Sabiha Vali)....Pages 395-407
 Faces of Primary Health Centres (PHC) of Bengal Dooars: A Review in Terms of Potential Service Delivery Space Index (PSDSI) and Physical Accessibility Index (PAI)  (Subhasis Bhattacharya)....Pages 409-424
 Factors Affecting Morbidity and Utilization of Healthcare Services: A Case Study of Nagaon District of Assam  (Nirmala Devi, Rajshree Bedamatta)....Pages 425-444
 Morbidity Pattern of Elderly in India  (Poulomi Chowdhury, Mausam Kumar Garg, Laishram Ladusingh)....Pages 445-458
 Association of Nutritional Status and Drinking Water Among the Children of North East India  (Madhuparna Srivastava, Papiya Roy, Susmita Bharati, Manoranjan Pal, Premananda Bharati)....Pages 459-465