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From 'Sick' Care to 'Health' Care, Courtesy of Analytics

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September-October 2011
By Rajib Ghosh, Atanu Basu and Abhijit Bhaduri

Ayata | From 'sick' care to 'health' care, courtesy of analytics

Access to affordable healthcare should be a basic right of all citizens. Healthcare refers to everything from diagnosis to treatment of physical and mental injury, including prevention of disease. The value chain of stakeholders in healthcare is a complex one involving multiple players from producers at one end to purchasers and providers who need to go through fiscal intermediaries, such as HMOs and insurers, to reach the payers.