ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd. is the largest private sector general insurance company in India. In an interaction with eHealth, Bhargav Dasgupta, MD and CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company shared his perspective on the emerging health insurance environment in India vis-a-vis the world. Excerpts:
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[This article was published in the February 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] The growing need of hospitals to have an efficient system to control costs and at the same time maintain quality
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] Yeshaswini is the largest micro health insurance scheme launched in the world with three million farmers as subscribers
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] A rainbow collection of stories in the field of healthcare that track the life of India growing fast, and how!
Aided by government health schemes and correction in rates, insurance for health and personal accidents recorded highest growth in the non-life insurance segment during the first half of the financial year.
“If prevention becomes a culture in India, the impact will be phenomenal”
According to a research report issued by India’s National Insurance Academy, only some 1.08 percent of the one billion Indians have secured medical insurance cover since 1986 when health insurance was first introduced in the country.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has made available for free a mobile version of its “Find a Health Center” application for iPhones through iTunes. The online version of the health center locator can be accessed at HRSA’s website.
Each day, an average of 3,200 people use the app to find healthcare services at HRSA supported community health centers, HRSA Administrator Mary Wakefield said in an announcement.
To increase the number of skilled workers in healthcare, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is working with the health department to train school dropouts to work in hospitals and for homecare, reports media.
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has empowered the BPL population with the ability to avail quality healthcare services free of cost. Within a span of two and a half years, the scheme has provided healthcare cover to almost 70 million people living under the poverty line.
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Health insurance is indispensable for mobilising resources, providing risk protection and achieving improved health outcomes
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Health insurance is the most effective and conventional way by which people collectively pool their risk of incurring medical expenses.
