A composite indicator to measure universal health care coverage in India: Way forward for post-2015 health system performance monitoring framework

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-56

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Gupta, Rakesh ^b   Bahuguna, Pankaj ^a   Sharma, Atul ^a   Aggarwal, Arun Kumar ^a   Phogat, Amit ^c   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Government of Jharkhand   (India)

^c Department of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Financial risk protection; Health services research; Health system; Out of pocket expenditure; Performance measurement; Universal health care

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HARYANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MONITORING; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INDIA; INSURANCE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85014489269     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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