Open AccessHousehold out-of-pocket expenditure on health care - A cross-sectional study among urban and rural households, Puducherry
Author(s) -
Uma Vasudevan,
Sujiv Akkilagunta,
Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_302_19
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , rural area , pharmacy , poverty , cross sectional study , environmental health , health care , socioeconomics , demography , economic growth , family medicine , confidence interval , pathology , sociology , economics
A major proportion of health expenditure is by households as out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) in India. Recent estimates at district level are required for planning implementation of Universal Health Coverage.