Health Index
- December 28, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Health Index
Subject – Governance
Context – Kerala best state on health parameters, Uttar Pradesh worst: Niti Aayog
Concept –
- Kerala remained the best-performing state in the health indicators for a fourth consecutive time, according to Health index which also ranked Uttar Pradesh at the bottom of the rankings although the state also saw the most progress.
- “The Healthy States, Progressive India” report — compiled by the Niti Aayog, Union Health Ministry and the World Bank for a fourth edition between 2019-2020 — surveyed 19 large states, eight small states and seven Union Territories.
- It did not include West Bengal and Ladakh due to unavailability of adequate data.
- Among large states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu topped the list, and Telangana emerged strong on the third position in health outcomes and incremental performance.
- Among small states, Mizoram emerged as the best performer and Nagaland the worst.
- Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir were ranked the lowest among Union Territories in overall performance, but topped the list in incremental performance.
Parameters
- The Health Index score is prepared based on the States’ performance across a large set of indicators that are divided into three broad domains — health outcomes, governance and information, and key inputs and processes.
- Health outcomes, include parameters such as neonatal mortality rate, under-5 mortality rate and sex ratio at birth.
- Governance includes institutional deliveries, average occupancy of senior officers in key posts earmarked for health.
- And the “key inputs” domain consists of the proportion of shortfall in healthcare providers to what is recommended, functional medical facilities, birth and death registration and tuberculosis treatment success rate.