Variations in catastrophic health expenditure across the states of India: 2004 to 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial protection is a key dimension of universal health coverage. Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) has increased in India over time. The overall figures mask the subnational heterogeneity crucial for designing insurance coverage for 1.3 billion population across India. We estimated CHE in every state of India and the changes over a decade.

Methods

We used National Sample Survey data on health care utilisation in 2004 and 2014. The states were placed in four groups based on epidemiological transition level (ETL), defined on the basis of ratio of disability-adjusted life-years from communicable diseases to those from non-communicable diseases and injuries combined, with a low ratio denoting high ETL state group. CHE was defined as the proportion of househol

SUBMITTER: Pandey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6197636 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature