Health sector reforms and changes in prevalence of untreated morbidity, choice of healthcare providers among the poor and rural population in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India's health sector witnessed some major policy changes in 1990s that aimed at making health services more accessible to the population.

Methods

In this paper, I tried to present some preliminary results of the significant changes that occurred between 1995/6 and 2004, especially in relation to the question of access to healthcare for the poor and rural population using data from 52nd (1995-6) and 60th round (2004) of National Sample Survey Organization on 'morbidity and healthcare'.

Results

The analysis suggests that overall utilization of healthcare services have declined and the odds of not seeking care due to financial inability has further increased among the poor and rural population during the period of reforms. RESULTS of the multivariate logit re

SUBMITTER: Ghosh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3992787 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature