Open AccessExpenditure on health care, tobacco, and alcohol: Evidence from household surveys in rural Puducherry
Author(s) -
Surendran Venkataraman,
Suguna Anbazhagan,
Surekha Anbazhagan
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_91_19
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , environmental health , health care , poverty , consumption (sociology) , consumer expenditure , investment (military) , socioeconomics , economic growth , population , economics , aggregate expenditure , social science , sociology , macroeconomics , politics , political science , law
Healthcare expenditures exacerbate poverty, with about 39 million people falling into poverty every year because of such expenditures. Tobacco and alcohol consumption in addition to harmful health impact have economic consequences at household level.