What is a health care index?

The ‘ Health Care Index ‘ is a global ranking of the overall quality of the health care system of each country. Factors the index takes into consideration include training of health care professionals, the equipment available to the hospitals, number of doctors, cost to the taxpayer (or patients in a private system) and more.

What is a Health Index score?

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, for instance, include parameters such as neonatal mortality rate, under-5 mortality rate and sex ratio at birth.

What is a hospital services index?

The hospital services index tracks the price of services performed and billed by a hospital. It includes both inpatient and outpatient medical services, as well as room and board, lab work, and other services provided by the hospital. It includes services performed by physicians if they are employed by the hospital.