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Healthcare seeking behaviour among self-help group households in Rural Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Source :
- BMC Health Services Research; 1/4/2016, p1-13, 13p, 2 Diagrams, 6 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>In recent years, supported by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), a number of community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes have been operating in rural India. Such schemes design their benefit packages according to local priorities. This paper examines healthcare seeking behaviour among self-help group households with a view to understanding the implications for the benefit packages offered by such schemes.<bold>Methods: </bold>We use cross-sectional data collected from two of India's poorest states and estimate an alternative-specific conditional logit model to examine healthcare seeking behaviour.<bold>Results: </bold>We find that the majority of respondents do access some form of care and that there is overwhelming use of private providers. Non-degree allopathic providers (NDAP) also called rural medical practitioners are the most popular providers. In the case of acute illnesses, proximity plays an important role in determining provider choice. For chronic illnesses, cost of care influences provider choice.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Given the importance of proximity in determining provider choice, benefit packages offered by CBHI schemes should consider coverage of transportation costs and reimbursement of foregone earnings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HELP-seeking behavior
MEDICAL care use
CROSS-sectional method
LOGITS
TRANSPORTATION costs
RURAL geography
FAMILIES
HEALTH services accessibility
HEALTH insurance
MEDICAL needs assessment
POVERTY
RURAL population
SUPPORT groups
PATIENT participation
HEALTH insurance reimbursement
PATIENTS' attitudes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726963
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Health Services Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112086405
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1254-9