Making health insurance work for the poor: Learning from the Self-Employed Women's Association's (SEWA) community-based health insurance scheme in India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 707-720

  Kent Ranson, M ^a   Sinha, Tara ^b   Chatterjee, Mirai ^b   Acharya, Akash ^c   Bhavsar, Ami ^b   Morris, Saul S ^d   Mills, Anne J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SEWA Reception Centre   (India)

^c VEER NARMAD SOUTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Department for International Development of the United Kingdom Government ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based health insurance; Equity; Gender; India; Inpatient care

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH AND DISEASE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; POVERTY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE POOLS; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN, WORKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 29144446219     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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