Understanding equity of institutional delivery in public health centre by level of care in India: an assessment using benefit incidence analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Health Mission (NHM), the largest ever publicly funded health programme worldwide, used over half of the national health budget in India and primarily aimed to improve maternal and child health in the country. Though large scale public health investment has improved the health care utilization and health outcomes across states and socio-economic groups in India, little is known on the equity concern of NHM. In this context, this paper examines the utilization pattern and net benefit of public subsidy for institutional delivery by the level of care in India.

Methods

Data from the most recent round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS 4), conducted during 2015-16, was used in the study. A total of 148,645 last birth delivered in a health centre du

SUBMITTER: Mohanty SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724812 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature