Heterogeneity in health funding and disparities in health outcome: a comparison between high focus and non-high focus states in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Central Government of India introduced the National Health Mission (NHM) in 2005 to improve health outcomes by enhancing publicly financed (government) health expenditure and health infrastructure at the state level. This study aims to examine the effects of the state-level heterogeneity in publicly financed spending on health services on major health outcomes such as life expectancy, infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, the incidence of malaria, and immunization coverage (i.e., BCG, Polio, Measles, and Tetanus).

Methods

This study investigates the relationships between publicly financed health expenditure and health outcomes by controlling income and infrastructure levels across 28 Indian States from 2005 to 2016. Along with all states, the empirical

SUBMITTER: Mohanty RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10351161 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature