Impact evaluation of India's Yeshasvini community-based health insurance programme

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 5-35

  Aggarwal, Aradhna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

community based health insurance; cooperative sector; impact evaluation; India; Karnataka; propensity score matching methods; Yeshasvini health care programme

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SAMPLING ERROR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PROPENSITY SCORE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 78449248042     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1605     Document Type: Review

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