Effectiveness of government strategies for financial protection against costs of hospitalization Care in India.
Alok RanjanPriyanka DixitIndranil MukhopadhyaySundararaman ThiagarajanPublished in: BMC public health (2018)
Periodic surveys are essential to guide policy choices regarding the appropriate mix of strategies for financial protection in pluralistic systems. There is a need for caution regarding any shift in the role of governments from providing services to purchasing care, given the contexts and limitations of currently available PFHIs. Even with tax-funded public services, although the average OOPE is lower than the care purchased through PFHIs, there is still a modest level of CHE and impoverishment due to health care costs that persist. Both strategies need to be synergized for more effective financial protection.