| Autor: |
Mehta, Dolly, Raghunath, Deepa, Afrin, Sana, Dixit, Shivam, Shukla, Harish, Goswami, V. P. |
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International Journal of Medicine & Public Health; Jan-Mar2024, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p207-210, 4p |
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Background: The Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment launched a social health protection program called Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in the year 2008 to provide financial protection from catastrophic health expenses to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households (HHs).[1,5]. Objectives: 1. To find out the awareness regarding Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna among 100 BPL and unorganized workers in the urban population of Indore. 2. To find out the level of utilization of the scheme among card holders. Material and Methods: A community-based study using simple random sampling was conducted among 100 Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and unorganized workers residing in a slum area of Indore city. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used. Data was entered in excel sheet and analyzed using SPSS software 25.0 (trial version). Chi-square test was applied wherever necessary. Results: Among 100 study participants, 63% were males. Only 35% participants were literate. 79% were married, 20% were widow/widower, and 1% were unmarried. 45% were employed, 30% unemployed and 25% were retired. Majority (52 %) people were between 41-50 years' age. Only 25% were aware about RSBY. 95% felt it is very important and everyone should have it. 20% of the participants were card holders. 50% of the card holders had never utilized the card. When asked about changes desired in enrolment process, 50% people wanted it to be cashless and 35 % wanted it to be less time taking while 15% people wanted it to be paperless. Association between gender, employment status, literacy and awareness was found significant (p-value< 0.05). Conclusion: Awareness and utilization of RSBY in urban slum is low. Therefore, in order to increase awareness about RSBY* more IEC activities should be conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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