Extending health insurance to the poor in India: An impact evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana on out of pocket spending for healthcare

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue , 2017, Pages 83-92

  Karan, Anup ^a   Yip, Winnie ^b   Mahal, Ajay ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial burden; Health insurance; Impact evaluation; India; RSBY

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; SURVEY; VALUATION;

HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PROBABILITY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

INDIA;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH;

EID: 85016493310     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.053     Document Type: Article

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