Out-of-pocket expenditure and its correlates for institutional deliveries in private and public healthcare sectors in India: findings from NFHS 5.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased coverage for institutional delivery (ID) is one of the essential factors for improved maternal and child health (MCH). Though, ID increased over time, out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for the care-seeking families had been found to be growing, parallelly. Hence, we estimated OOPE in public and private health centres for ID, along with their sources and attributing factors and compared state and union territory-wise, so that financial risk protection can be improved for MCH related services.

Methods

We used women's data from the National Family Health Survey, 2019-2021 (NFHS-5). Reproductive aged women (15-49 years) delivering one live child in last 5 years (n = 145,386) in any public or private institutions, were included. Descriptive statistics were pre

SUBMITTER: Manna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10398927 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature