diarrheal diseases. Clean piped water and improved sanitation are known to be effective in
reducing the mortality and morbidity burden of diarrhea but are not yet available to close to
half of the Indian population. In this paper, we estimate the health benefits (reduced cases of
diarrheal incidence and deaths averted) and economic benefits (measured by out-of-pocket
treatment expenditure averted and value of insurance gained) of scaling up the coverage of …