Waiting time at health facilities and social class: Evidence from the Indian caste system.

ABSTRACT: Waiting time for non-emergency medical care in developing countries is rarely of immediate concern to policy makers that prioritize provision of basic health services. However, waiting time as a measure of health system responsiveness is important because longer waiting times worsen health outcomes and affect utilization of services. Studies that assess socio-economic inequalities in waiting time provide evidence from developed countries such as England and the United States; evidence from developing countries is lacking. In this paper, we assess the relationship between social class i.e. caste of an individual and waiting time at health facilities-a client orientation dimension of responsiveness. We use household level data from two rounds of the Indian Human Development Survey with a sam

SUBMITTER: Shaikh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6188850 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature