Addressing women's non-maternal healthcare financing in developing countries: what can we learn from the experiences of rural Indian women?

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

This paper focuses on the inadequate attention on women's non-maternal healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. The study assessed the purchase of and financial access to non-maternal healthcare. It also scoped for mainstreaming household financial resources in this regard to suggest for alternatives.

Methods

A household survey through multi-stage stratified sampling in the state of Orissa interviewed rural women above 15 years who were neither pregnant nor had any pregnancy-related outcome six weeks preceding the survey. The questions explored on the processes, determinants and outcomes of health seeking for non-maternal ailments. The outcome measures were healthcare access, cost of care and financial access. The independent variables for bi

SUBMITTER: Gopalan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3260165 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature