Achieving universal health coverage in low-and middle-income countries: challenges for policy post-pandemic and beyond

PB Kodali - Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is critical for ensuring equity,
improving health, and protecting households from financial catastrophe. The COVID-19 …

Determinants of out-of-pocket health spending in households in Peru in the times of the pandemic (COVID-19)

JC Quispe Mamani, BE Cutipa Quilca… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 2021, the expenses paid by households worldwide due to COVID-19 showed an
increasing behavior and directly affected economic income since they were part of …

Gender-specific inequalities in coverage of Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes in Southern States of India: evidence from National Family Health Surveys

SK Sharma, D Nambiar, H Sankar, J Joseph… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes (PFHIS) are intended to
play a role in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In countries like India, PFHISs …

Does government health insurance protect households from out of pocket expenditure and distress financing for caesarean and non-caesarean institutional deliveries …

S Garg, N Tripathi, KK Bebarta - BMC Research Notes, 2023 - Springer
Objective Institutional deliveries have been promoted in India to reduce maternal and
neonatal mortality. While the institutional deliveries have increased, they tend to involve …

Assessing inequalities in publicly funded health insurance scheme coverage and out-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization: findings from a household survey in …

SK Sharma, J Joseph, D Nambiar - International Journal for Equity in …, 2023 - Springer
Background Increasing financial risk protection is a key feature of Universal Health
Coverage and the path towards health for all. Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes …

Sick Development: How rich-country government and World Bank funding to for-profit private hospitals causes harm and should be stopped

A Marriott - 2023 - oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com
SUMMARY 'I feel very sad seeing her… It is not easy for me because her body has
changed… It does not look like a body anymore; it's more like a stone… We plead with the …

Impact of health insurance literacy, brand reputation, and risk attitude on intentions to purchase private health insurance policy

A Singh, D Shah - International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To investigate the mediation effect of health insurance providers' brand reputation
(BR) on health insurance literacy (HIL) and intentions to purchase (IP) while assessing the …

Impact of Health Insurance on Accessibility, Utilization of Inpatient Care, and Financial Risk Protection Across States/Union Territories of India

Aashima, M Nanda, R Sharma - Global Social Welfare, 2024 - Springer
Background Several health insurance programmes have been launched in India to improve
accessibility to healthcare services and safeguard people against health expenditure …

Economic Dependency, Chronic Illness, and Insurance Coverage Among the Elderly: A Comparative Study Between EAG and Non-EAG States of India

SN Akhtar, N Saikia - Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy …, 2023 - Springer
Using data from the 75th round of the National Sample Survey, 2018, this chapter examines
the patterns, differences, and determinants of economic dependency, chronic illness, and …

Cost of acute respiratory illness episode and its determinants among community-dwelling older adults: a four-site cohort study from India

A Krishnan, K Shekhawat… - BMJ public …, 2023 - bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
Introduction Advocacy for the provision of public health resources, including vaccine for the
prevention of acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) among older adults in India, needs evidence …