New Findings on Epidemiology and Global Health Discussed by Researchers at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Health Insurance: Awareness, Utilization, and its Determinants among the Urban Poor in Delhi, India)

2019 MAR 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Epidemiology - Epidemiology and Global Health are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in New Delhi, India, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study reports the awareness, access, and utilization of health insurance by the urban poor in Delhi, India. The study included 2998 households from 85 urban clusters spread across Delhi.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, “The data were collected through a pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression was performed for determinants of health insurance possession. Only 19% knew about health insurance; 18% had health insurance (8% Employees State Insurance Scheme -ESIS -8% Central Government Health Scheme -CGHS -1.4%; Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) -9.4% of the eligible households). In case of health needs, 95% of CGHS, 71% ESIS beneficiaries, and 9.5% of RSBY beneficiaries utilized the schemes for episodic and chronic illnesses. For hospitalization needs, 54% of RSBY, 86% of ESIS, 100% CGHS utilized respective services. Residential area, migration period, possession of ration card, household size, and occupation of the head of the household were significantly associated with possession of RSBY. RSBY played a limited role in meeting the healthcare needs of the people, thus may not be capable of contributing significantly in the efforts of achieving equity in healthcare for the poor. Relatively, ESIS and CGHS served the healthcare needs of the beneficiaries better.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Expansion of ESIS to the informal workers may be considered.”

For more information on this research see: Health Insurance: Awareness, Utilization, and its Determinants among the Urban Poor in Delhi, India. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2018;8(1-2):69. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-epidemiology-and-global-health/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y.S. Kusuma, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Additional authors for this research include M. Pal and B.V Babu.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.2991/j.jegh.2018.09.004. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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