[HTML][HTML] Effect of health insurance program for the poor on out-of-pocket inpatient care cost in India: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

S Sriram, MM Khan - BMC Health Services Research, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In India, Out-of-pocket expenses accounts for about 62.6% of total
health expenditure-one of the highest in the world. Lack of health insurance coverage and …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital utilization and out of pocket expenditure in public and private sectors under the universal government health insurance scheme in Chhattisgarh State …

S Nandi, H Schneider, P Dixit - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Research on impact of publicly financed health insurance has paid relatively little attention
to the nature of healthcare provision the schemes engage. India's National Health Insurance …

Insured yet vulnerable: out-of-pocket payments and India's poor

R Shahrawat, KD Rao - Health policy and planning, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Protecting households from high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health care is an
important health system goal. High OOP payments can push households into poverty and …

[HTML][HTML] Extending health insurance to the poor in India: An impact evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana on out of pocket spending for healthcare

A Karan, W Yip, A Mahal - Social Science & Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract India launched the 'Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana'(RSBY) health insurance
scheme for the poor in 2008. Utilising 3 waves (1999–2000, 2004–05 and 2011–12) of …

[HTML][HTML] Do poor people in the poorer states pay more for healthcare in India?

A Dash, SK Mohanty - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Rising health spending is associated with high out-of-pocket expenditure
(OOPE), catastrophic health spending (CHS), increasing poverty, and impoverishment …

[HTML][HTML] Out-of-pocket healthcare payments on chronic conditions impoverish urban poor in Bangalore, India

U Bhojani, BS Thriveni, R Devadasan… - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background The burden of chronic conditions is on the rise in India, necessitating long-term
support from healthcare services. Healthcare, in India, is primarily financed through out-of …

[HTML][HTML] Moving to universal coverage? Trends in the burden of out-of-pocket payments for health care across social groups in India, 1999–2000 to 2011–12

A Karan, S Selvaraj, A Mahal - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In the background of ongoing health sector reforms in India, the paper investigates the
magnitude and trends in out-of-pocket and catastrophic payments for key population sub …

Government health insurance for people below poverty line in India: quasi-experimental evaluation of insurance and health outcomes

N Sood, E Bendavid, A Mukherji, Z Wagner, S Nagpal… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the effects of a government insurance program covering tertiary care
for people below the poverty line in Karnataka, India, on out-of-pocket expenditures, hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of India's national publicly funded health insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogaya Yojana (PMJAY), in improving access and financial …

S Garg, KK Bebarta, N Tripathi - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background A national Publicly Funded Health Insurance (PFHI) scheme called
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogaya Yojana (PMJAY) was launched by government of India in …

[HTML][HTML] Role of insurance in determining utilization of healthcare and financial risk protection in India

S Prinja, P Bahuguna, I Gupta, S Chowdhury… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Universal health coverage has become a policy goal in most developing
economies. We assess the association of health insurance (HI) schemes in general, and …