Thesis
Changing pattern of household expenditure on health and the role of public health insurance schemes for the poor in India: case of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
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Background: In order to protect the poor from health shocks, the Government of India launched Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) in 2008. The objectives of this study are: a) to assess the changes in the financial burden of health care on the poor population; b) to estimate the effects of RSBY in reducing the financial burden on the poor; and c) to examine the impact of RSBY on the labour supply of the poor.
Methods: The study is based on data from the National Sampl...
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+ Yip, W
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:9897
- Deposit date:
- 2015-02-03
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- Copyright holder:
- Karan, A
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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