Decoding Universal Health Coverage with Dr. Nachiket Mor (Part 2)

Decoding Impact

15-09-2023 • 54 mins

In Part 2 of our discussion on Universal Health Coverage, host Rathish Balakrishnan and guest Dr Nachiket Mor dive into the need to define the right problems while taking a digital public goods approach to UHC, challenges with financing, and lessons from other countries. They also discuss how the private and public sectors can rethink existing approaches to healthcare delivery, and collaborate to implement an efficient working model for UHC in India.


Dr. Nachiket Mor is trained as an economist. His current work is principally focused on the design of national and regional health systems. He is a Visiting Scientist at The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy at IIIT Bangalore. He is also a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Reimagining India's Health System.


Listen to Part 1 here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rsqLW3phlu3XLRgX1kteg


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Content Sections
0:00 - Decoding Impact Introduction
0:48 - Introduction to topic and guest
02:13 - Accelerating UHC with Digital Public Goods
07:02 - Articulation of DPGS
16:04 -Promises of Healthcare
19:23 - Financing in UHC
23:21 - Incentives for public health
26:35 - Managed Care
29:56 - Making Strategic Purchases effective
34:30 - District as a unit
35:37 - Private Sector Participation Models
44:23 - White spaces
47:40 - Imagining a Working Model in Health
52:06 - Summary and Outro