Research on Health Insurance Detailed by a Researcher at Department of Economics (Examining the Effectiveness of Financial Protection Schemes in Reducing Health Inequality): Health Insurance

2023 JUN 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on health insurance is the subject of a new report. According to news originating from Patna, India, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Health protection schemes such as health insurance and financial assistance provide immense help and support to access health care services, especially to the poor and marginalized section of society.”

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Department of Economics: “India is witness to low health-related expenditure, and the society’s socioeconomic and demographic structure further drops health care access to the new bottom. Consequently, inequality in health care access is highly observed across many socioeconomic attributes. The condition of Bihar, the poorest state of India, is more alarming. The analysis suggests that financial support in terms of universal health insurance coverage considerably reduces out-of-pocket expenditure and thus health inequality.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Further, the low health insurance coverage is not solely due to a lack of institutional commitment and implementation process; the cognitive behavior and attitude of people are equally responsible for low health care access. An intensive awareness program to show the benefit of the health insurance scheme and sensitization of people against the social stigma is important to provide better health care access and reduce health inequality.”

For more information on this research see: Examining the Effectiveness of Financial Protection Schemes in Reducing Health Inequality. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 2023. The publisher for International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services is SAGE Publications.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938231179046.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Shakeel Ahmed, Department of Economics, A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, India. Additional authors for this research include Sandhya R. Mahapatro.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the author of this research: Shakeel Ahmed (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7687-268X).

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