Paying Out-of-Pocket for Drugs, Diagnostics and Medical Services A Study of Households in Three Indian States /

• Main Author: Alam, Moneer. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: India Studies in Business and Economics
• Subjects: Economics.; Public health.; Quality of Life.; Development Economics.; Quality of Life > Research.; Economics/Management Science.; Health Economics.; Public Health.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Quality of Life Research.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1281-2

In India there is a high incidence of morbidity and malnutrition coupled with low standards of public health and expensive medical care. Despite several policy initiatives and many attempts to promote a healthy society, health remains an issue of concern. Policy-makers recognise that the country suf...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Population Size and Composition of Sample Households
• Chapter 3: Socio-economic Variations, Consumption Poverty and Health Generated Inequalities in Sample Population
• Chapter 4: Self-reported Ailments and Hospitalization: Differentials in Utilization of Health Care
• Chapter 5: Catastrophic Spending on Health by sample Households: Some Results
• Chapter 6: Decomposing Out-of-Pocket Health Spending: Share of Drugs, Medical Services and Other components
• Chapter 7: Utilization of Public Health Facilities: A Situational Assessment
• Chapter 8: Broad Conclusions and Policy Directions.