State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India

Victoria Fan, Anup Karan and Ajay Mahal

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Abstract: In 2007, the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out the Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time to evaluate the impacts of the scheme using difference-in-differences. [Working Paper No. 298]. URL:[http://www.cgdev.org/files/1426275_file_Fan_Karanb_Mahald_state_health_insurance_FINAL.pdf]

Keywords: health insurance; health expenditure; tertiary care; poverty; India, Andhra Pradesh, southern India, poverty line, households, Aarogyasri, scheduled caste, scheduled tribe households, medical impoverishment, insurance, population, revenue generation, public and private providers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07
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