The Rising Burden of Healthcare Expenditure in India: A Poverty Nexus

Pushpendra Singh () and Virendra Kumar ()
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Pushpendra Singh: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Virendra Kumar: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, vol. 133, issue 2, No 16, 762 pages

Abstract: Abstract The increasing burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases are imposing unavoidable costs on Indians. As a consequence it exacerbate poverty and drag many poor further down by heavy medical expenses. This study aims to estimate the extent of healthcare expenditure on the individuals who were hospitalized due to various diseases. Further, this study examines the burden of healthcare expenditure on impoverishment level in India. The unit level record of the 71st round of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) is used in the analysis. The result reveals, cost of hospitalization due to non-communicable diseases is three times higher than communicable diseases in India. Therefore, an overall level of impoverishment has been increased by 1.61 percent/year which shows the high financial risk for the people surviving at the threshold of poverty.

Keywords: Healthcare expenditure; Poverty; Economic burden of diseases; Communicable diseases; Non-communicable diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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