This pilot study explores the availability of health insurance coverage for the poor and
especially women, their needs and expectations of a health insurance system, and the likely …

This paper reviews the existing community-based and self-financing health insurance
schemes in India catering to the general population as well as addressing the needs of the …

Background There is a gap in knowledge on the overall role and characteristics of private
health care providers in India. This research is aimed at understanding changes in the …

In India, the'urban bias' in public spending on healthcare services has been pointed out by a
number of studies. Even within urban areas, especially in the big cities, the slum population …

WP 78 Page 1 NCAER Working Paper Series No. 78 Health Status and Curative Health Care
in Rural India P. Duraisamy National Council of Applied Economic Research NCAER Page 2 …

Community based health insurance (CBHI) is more suited than alternate arrangements to
providing health insurance to the low-income people living in developing countries. The …

Health insurance is emerging as an important financing tool in meeting the health care
needs of the poor. Community based health insurance, rather than market mediated or …

India faces major challenges in sustaining the health gains achieved in the better-
performing states and ensuring that the lagging states catch up with the rest of the country. In …

This paper assesses socio-economic inequalities in self-reported morbidities (SRMs) among
households in India. Particularly, we addressed two questions. Is socio-economic-related …

The macroeconomic and health policy changes in India have generated some hopes, fear
and complexity in public health spending. Health policies turned ineffective even to meet the …