Comparing the average cost of outpatient care of public and for-profit private providers in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding the cost of care associated with different kinds of healthcare providers is necessary for informing the policy debates in mixed health-systems like India's. Existing studies reporting Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) per episode of outpatient care in public and private providers in India do not provide a fair comparison because they have not taken into account the government subsidies received by public facilities. Public and private health insurance in India do not cover outpatient care and for-profit providers have to meet all their costs out of the payments they take from patients.

Methods

The average direct cost per acute episode of outpatient care was compared for public providers, for-profit formal providers and informal private providers in

SUBMITTER: Garg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375109 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature