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Can Insurance Reduce Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure
Joglekar, Rama - eSocialSciences - 2008
It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to … attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health … expenditure and examine the impact of health insurance on probability of incurring catastrophic health expenditure. The study is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341722
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Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)
Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341770
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Physical Abuse and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: a Cohort Study
Jain, Dipty; DL, Jain; N, Ughade S; L, Sadowski - eSocialSciences - 2009
using modified Mc. Farlane Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS). [Presented at Global Forum for Health Research]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170130
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The Unqualified Medical Practitioners Methods of Practice and Nexus with the Qualified Doctors
V, Naryana K - eSocialSciences - 2008
The presence of a large number of unqualified medical practitioners in the rural areas and urban slums indicate that they provide most of the outpatient services in the private sector. Given the huge quantum of services provided by the RMPs, the present study aims at identifying their number,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170162
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170185
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Equity in Financing Healthcare: Impact of Universal Access to Healthcare in Thailand
Limwattananon, Supon; Tangcharoensathien, Viroj; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
- (years 2002 and 2004) universal health care coverage (UC) periods to analyse trends and patterns of the distribution of … utilisation and out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for public health care in relation to the distribution of household living standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170188
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A Social Cost Approach to Choice at Technology in Building Construction: A Study of Some Alternative Technologies in Kerala
Kannan, K P; Spencer, R J S - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is an attempt to apply the technique of social cost - benefit analysis to the problem of choice of technology in building construction in Kerala. [WP No. 30].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987324
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Essential Drugs in Government Healthcare: Emerging Model of Procurement and Supply
N, Lalitha - eSocialSciences - 2009
essential drugs to the government health care which is a positive measure in ensuring `health for all’. [GIDR WP No. 161]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004990961
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Target Free Approach for Family Welfare in Gujarat: A Review of Policy and Its Implementation
Kumar, B L - eSocialSciences - 2009
The introduction of the Target Free Approach (TFA) has been a major policy shift in the health and family welfare … of health care and reproductive and child health services. In this study both quantitative as well as qualitative data … were collected and analysed, which included Focus Group Discussions of users and providers of health and family welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995386
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Assessing the Regional and District capacity for Operationalizing Emergency Obstetric Care through First Referral Units in Gujarat
Mavalankar, Dileep V; Parvathy, Raman; Bharati, Sharma; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
, 8FRUs, 4 community health centers (CHC) and 8 round the clock primary health centers (PHC) were selected. Observation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997997