Role of insurance in determining utilization of healthcare and financial risk protection in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GUJARAT; HARYANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTTAR PRADESH; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE;

EID: 85061133369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211793     Document Type: Article

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