Household expenditure on non-Covid hospitalisation care during the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of financial protection policies in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite global guidance for maintaining essential non-Covid health services during the pandemic, there is a concern that existing services faced a major disruption. The access as well as affordability of healthcare could have suffered during the pandemic, especially in developing countries including India. There are no population based studies available in India on changes in access and financial risk for non-Covid hospitalisation during the pandemic. India has a policy of Publicly Funded Health Insurance (PFHI) to ensure access and financial protection for hospital care but no information is available on its performance during the pandemic. The current study was aimed to find out the change in access and financial protection for non-Covid hospitalisations during the Cov

SUBMITTER: Garg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8976164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature