Impact of health insurance for tertiary care on postoperative outcomes and seeking care for symptoms: Quasi-experimental evidence from Karnataka, India

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sood, Neeraj ^a,b,c   Wagner, Zachary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SELF CARE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POVERTY; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960364225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010512     Document Type: Article

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