Open AccessInequity & burden of out-of-pocket health spending: District level evidences from India
Author(s) -
Samik Chowdhury,
Indrani Gupta,
Mayur Trivedi,
Shankar Prinja
Publication year - 2018
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_90_17
Subject(s) - poverty , consumption (sociology) , index (typography) , equity (law) , environmental health , health care , lorenz curve , medicine , inequality , socioeconomics , geography , economics , gini coefficient , economic growth , economic inequality , mathematics , political science , mathematical analysis , social science , sociology , world wide web , computer science , law
Numerous studies have highlighted the regressive and immiserating impact of out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending in India. However, most of these studies have explored this issue at the national or up to the State level, with an associated risk of overlooking intra-State diversities in the health system and health-seeking behaviour and their implication on the financial burden of healthcare. This study was aimed to address this issue by analyzing district level diversities in inequity, financial burden and impoverishing impact of OOP health spending.