Study of Awareness, Enrollment, and Utilization of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (National Health Insurance Scheme) in Maharashtra, India

Frontiers in Public Health

Harshad Thakur¹ 

关键词: health insurance;    social health protection;    awareness;    enrollment;    utilization;    Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana;    Maharashtra;    India;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00282

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionGovernment of India launched a social health protection program called Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in the year 2008 to provide financial protection from catastrophic health expenses to below poverty line households (HHs). The objectives of the current paper are to assess the current status of RSBY in Maharashtra at each step of awareness, enrollment, and utilization. In addition, urban and rural areas were compared, and social, political, economic, and cultural (SPEC) factors responsible for the better or poor proportions, especially for the awareness of the scheme, were identified.

【 授权许可】

CC BY