Public health insurance and maternal health care utilization in india: evidence from the 2005-2012 mothers' cohort data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The introduction of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in India, a conditional cash transfer program which incentivized women to deliver at institutions, resulted in a significant increase in institutional births. Another major health policy reform, which could have affected maternal and child health care (MCH) utilization, was the public health insurance scheme (RSBY) launched in 2008. However, there is a noticeable lack of studies that examine how RSBY had impacted on MCH utilization in India. We used data from a cohort of mothers whose delivery had been captured in both the 2005 and 2011/12 rounds of the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) to study the impact of health insurance (in particular, the public insurance scheme versus private insurance) on MCH access. We also

SUBMITTER: Gebremedhin TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature