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India ranks 145th among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare, according to a Lancet study. In 2016, India’s healthcare access and quality scored at 41.2 (up from 24.7 in 1990). India lags behind China (48), Sri Lanka (71), Bangladesh ( 133) and Bhutan (134).
| The top 3 countries with the highest levels of healthcare access and quality in 2016: |
| 1. Iceland (97.1 points), |
| 2. Norway (96.6), |
| 3. The Netherlands (96.1), |
| The countries with the lowest scores: |
| 1. The Central African Republic (18.6), |
| 2. Somalia (19.0), |
| 3. Guinea-Bissau (23.4), |
| The study found that China and India had the widest disparities in healthcare access and quality with 43.5 and 30.8 point differences, respectively. |
| Source- The Hindu |
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