Illnesses and hardship financing in India: an evaluation of inpatient and outpatient cases, 2014-18.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Progress towards universal health coverage requires strengthening the country's health system. In developing countries, the increasing disease burden puts a lot of stress on scarce household finances. However, this burden is not the same for everyone. The economic burden varies across the disease groups and care levels. Government intervention is vital in formulating policies in addressing financial distress at the household level. In India, even when outpatient care forms a significant proportion of out-of-pocket expenditure, government schemes focus on reducing household expenditure on inpatient care alone. Thus, people resort to hardship financing practices like informal borrowing or selling of assets in the event of health shocks. In this context, the present study a

SUBMITTER: Thomas AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887799 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature