Open AccessHealth seeking behavior in Karnataka: Does micro-health insurance matter?
Author(s) -
S. Savitha,
K.B. Kiran
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.120156
Subject(s) - health care , equity (law) , health insurance , public health , business , logistic regression , health equity , environmental health , actuarial science , medicine , nursing , economic growth , economics , political science , law
Health seeking behaviour in the event of illness is influenced by the availability of good health care facilities and health care financing mechanisms. Micro health insurance not only promotes formal health care utilization at private providers but also reduces the cost of care by providing the insurance coverage.