Does health insurance coverage improve cardiometabolic risk factor levels? Quasi-experimental evidence from India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic conditions cause notable health and economic burdens. While health insurance enables access to healthcare, its effects on chronic care outcomes remain under-explored.

Objective

To examine the association between health insurance coverage and cardiometabolic risk factors among people with chronic conditions in India.

Methods

Data from the Centre for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) and Solan studies, including 2,926 adults with chronic conditions were analyzed using propensity score weighting to evaluate the associations between health insurance and cardiometabolic risk factors (HbA1c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDLc], and blood pressure [BP]) and self-reported health status (measured using European Quality of Life Visua

SUBMITTER: Singh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12523458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature