Synopsis Health is a major area of concern for social planners across world. In developing countries, Health Economics has emerged as a key area of research due to the close linkage it has with welfare.

Health Economics continues to kindle interest in the Academicians, medical researchers, economists and health care administrators. In pursuance of the rich development in this discipline, the seminar on "Health Economics-issues and Challenges" was organized with the objective of highlighting the importance of health related issues in research and policy-making.

By providing and insight into the benefits of investment in health the seminar has drawn the attention of the policy-makers and experts in the field to make recommendations on various aspects of health. This book contains 58 papers contributed by scholars in the field of Economics and Health.