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Government health insurance for people below poverty line in India: quasi-experimental evaluation of insurance and health outcomes [1]

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of a government insurance program covering tertiary care for people below the poverty line in Karnataka, India, on out-of-pocket expenditures, hospital use, and mortality.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2014
Neeraj Sood [2], Eran Bendavid [3], Arnab Mukherji & et al [4]
BMJ [5]
1-13
Tags:
Health Insurance [6], India [7], Poverty [8], Rural Health [9], Karnataka [10], Health Care [11], Shimoga (D) [12], Davanagere (D) [13], Chitradurga (D) [14], Health Policy [15]
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-health
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shimoga-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/davanagere-d
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chitradurga-d
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy