Changes in addressing inequalities in access to hospital care in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India: A difference-in-differences study using repeated cross-sectional surveys

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Rao, Mala ^a,b   Katyal, Anuradha ^c   Singh, Prabal V ^c   Samarth, Amit ^d   Bergkvist, Sofi ^c   Kancharla, Manjusha ^e   Wagstaff, Adam ^f   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Renton, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^c ACCESS Health International   (India)

^d Sugha Vazhvu Health Care Pvt Ltd   (India)

^e INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCES STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STUDY DESIGN; URBAN POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84901921724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004471     Document Type: Article

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