Articles by Sunil Nandraj

The Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics of the Delhi government have received national and international attention for their unique public health service delivery design. From April 2016 to March 2017 they delivered over 31 lakh free outpatient consultations at an average cost of `94 per consultation. This paper provides first-hand information and insight into how the clinics were operationalised in terms of infrastructure, human resources, laboratory services, medicines, and technology. It analyses their utilisation, financing, strengths and challenges at the operational, administrative and political level, and discusses how, in low-income settings, urban health systems can be strengthened using this model to expand primary healthcare services.

A comment on the article "Falling Sick, Paying the Price: NSS 71st Round on Morbidity and Costs of Healthcare" (EPW, 15 August 2015) which suggests that the National Sample Survey Offi ce's 71st round on social consumption of health can be read differently.

In the context of weak regulatory systems, increasing demand for good quality care from the middle class and the entry of private health insurance companies, there is a need to examine mechanisms such as accreditation for improving the quality of health services.