Cost of hospitalisation for non-communicable diseases in India: are we pro-poor?

Estimates out-of-pocket expenditure due to hospitalisation from NCDs and its impact on households

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 June 2016

Country:: India
Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Health
Authors:: Tripathy, J.P., Prasad, B.M., Shewade, H.D., Kumar, A.M.V., Zachariah, R, et all

Abstract

Study analysed nationwide representative data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation in 2014 that reported health service utilisation and healthcare-related out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure by income quintiles and by type of health facility (public or private).

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

Citation

J. P. Tripathy, B. M. Prasad, H. D. Shewade, A. M. V. Kumar, R. Zachariah, S. Chadha, J. Tonsing A. D. Harries (2016) Cost of hospitalisation for non-communicable diseases in India: are we pro-poor? Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2 volume 21 no 8 pp 1019–1028, August 2016