Out-of-pocket healthcare payments on chronic conditions impoverish urban poor in Bangalore, India

Autor: Bhojani Upendra, Thriveni BS, Devadasan Roopa, Munegowda CM, Devadasan Narayanan, Kolsteren Patrick, Criel Bart

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 990 (2012)

Abstract Background The burden of chronic conditions is on the rise in India, necessitating long-term support from healthcare services. Healthcare, in India, is primarily financed through out-of-pocket payments by households. Considering scarce evide

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Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases in rural India: a mixed methods study protocol using quasi-experimental design.

Autor: Prashanth NS; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India. prashanthns@iphindia.org., Elias MA; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India., Pati MK; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India., Aivalli P; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India., Munegowda CM; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India., Bhanuprakash S; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India., Sadhana SM; Karnataka Health Systems Resource Centre, Leprosy hospital campus, Magadi Road, 1st cross, Bangalore, 560023, Karnataka, India., Criel B; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat - 155, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium., Bigdeli M; Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland., Devadasan N; Institute of Public Health, 250, 2 c main, 2 c cross, Girinagar I phase, Bangalore, 560 085, Karnataka, India.

Publikováno v: BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2016 Aug 22; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 421. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Aug 22.