Equitable utilisation of Indian community based health insurance scheme among its rural membership: cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate alternative strategies for improving the uptake of benefits of a community based health insurance scheme by its poorest members.

Design

Prospective cluster randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) community based health insurance scheme in rural India. Participants 713 claimants at baseline (2003) and 1440 claimants two years later among scheme members in 16 rural sub-districts.

Interventions

After sales service with supportive supervision, prospective reimbursement, both packages, and neither package, randomised by sub-district.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was socioeconomic status of claimants relative to members living in the same sub-district. Secondary outcomes were enrolment ra

SUBMITTER: Ranson MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1895633 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature