Do health coverage schemes ensure financial protection from hospitalization expenses? Evidence from eight districts in India

Journal of Social and Economic Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-93

  Gupta, Indrani ^a   Chowdhury, Samik ^a   Trivedi, Mayur ^b   Prinja, Shankar ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b India   (India)

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

Author keywords

Coverage; District; Health; Inpatient; Out of pocket; RSBY; Scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036627273     PISSN: 09725792     EISSN: 21996873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40847-017-0040-4     Document Type: Article

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