Open AccessOut-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization in Haryana State of India: Extent, determinants & financial risk protection
Author(s) -
Deepshikha Sharma,
Shankar Prinja,
Arun Kumar Aggarwal,
Pankaj Bahuguna,
Atul Sharma,
Saroj Kumar Rana
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2003_15
Subject(s) - medicine , poverty , environmental health , logistic regression , health care , demography , population , payment , descriptive statistics , odds , socioeconomics , business , finance , economics , economic growth , statistics , mathematics , sociology
India aspires to achieve universal health coverage, which requires ensuring financial risk protection (FRP). This study was done to assess the extent of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure and FRP for hospitalization in Haryana State, India. Further, the determinants for FRP were also evaluated.