Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) index
- December 29, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) index
Subject – Governance
Context – As per the 2016 Healthcare Access and Quality Index (HAQ), India improved its HAQ score from 24.7 in 1990 to 41.2 in 2016
Concept –
- India was ranked 145th among 195 countries on Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) index in 2016.
- The index is based on 32 causes of death considered preventable with effective medical care.
- It assigns a 0-100 score to each of the 195 countries and territories assessed.
- The comprehensive index is released by Global Burden of Disease, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- India has seen improvement in HAQ since the year 1990. India’s HAQ score 41.2 has improved from 24.7 score in the year 1990.
- India lags way behind its BRICS peers Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa on the HAQ index.