Can the Rural Poor in India Afford to Treat Non-communicable Diseases?

David Dror

Chapter 20 in Financing Micro Health Insurance:Theory, Methods and Evidence, 2018, pp 411-424 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Data were sourced from two household surveys undertaken in 2009–2010 among 7,389 rural poor households (39,205 individuals) in Odisha and Bihar.Around 17% of the surveyed individuals in Odisha and 31% in Bihar reported an illness episode in the month preceding the survey.Non-communicable diseases (NCD) accounted for around 20% of the diseases in the month preceding the survey in Odisha and 30% in Bihar.

Keywords: Microinsurance; Micro Health Insurance; Health Insurance; Community-Based Health Insurance; CBHI; Demand for Health Insurance; Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance; Microinsurance Package Design; Implementation of CBHI; Business Case of Microinsurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 I15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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