Health financing strategies to reduce out-of-pocket burden in India: a comparative study of three states.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Indian States have implemented different strategies to arrest high out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) and to increase equity into healthcare system. Tamil Nadu (TN) and Rajasthan have implemented free medicine scheme in all public hospitals and West Bengal (WB) has devised Fair Price Medicine Shop (FPMS) scheme, a public-private-partnership model in the state. In this background, the objectives of the paper are to - 1. Study the utilization pattern of public in-patient care facilities for the states, 2. Examine the effectiveness of the strategies adopted by the states to arrest high OOPE and 3. Analyze the extent of equity in public in-patient care services in the states.

Methods

National Sample Survey (71st and 60th rou

SUBMITTER: Bose M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215655 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature