India’s health care and health financing provision is characterized by too little Government spending on health, meager … health insurance coverage, declining public health care use contrasted by highest levels of private out-of-pocket health … framework of health insurance and health care revisits the existing health insurance schemes and assesses the health insurance …

positive externalities in the form of improved health behaviors, such as more exercise, particularly for single black females. …

Direct out-of-pocket payments for healthcare continue to be a major source of health financing in low-income and middle … represents up to four times the official tariff. Factors related to the following: (i) human resource management of the health … facilities (e.g., task shifting); (ii) health professionals' perceptions vis-à-vis the remunerations of HIV care provision; and …

the care they need. The limited health insurance coverage for NCDs is reflected in the low proportions of patients … for some people, which illustrates the urgency of improving financial risk protection in health in LMIC settings and …

health insurance for the poor. We examine the effects of this social health insurance on women’s use of healthcare …

inequities in ANC and delivery care services using the latest three waves of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. This study … around 0.20 for receiving ANC from medically trained provider. Findings indicate that inequity in delivery at health facility … about 3 times more likely to have 4+ ANC visits (OR=2.91, 95% CI: 2.24-3.78), delivery at health facility (OR=3.16, 95% CI …

Child health, particularly long-term nutritional status, is closely related to the characteristics of families … increasing the likelihood that a child can access high quality health-care and other services that affect health status. Access …, particularly the education level of the mother or caregiver. In Peru, despite a dramatic increase in investment in health during …

Objectives: This paper describes the age patterns of socioeconomic gradients of health of Indian adults for multiple … health indicators encompassing the multidimensional nature of health. Methods: Cross-sectional data on 11,230 Indians aged 18 … socioeconomic status (education and household wealth) and age on four health measures: self-rated health, self-reporting functioning …

Health insurance reform in Massachusetts lowered the financial cost of both pregnancy (by increased coverage of … health insurance coverage. This finding, however, masks substantial heterogeneity. For married women aged 20 to 34 – who have …