The Impact of RSBY on Hospital Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure

In 2008, India launched Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a government subsidized health insurance scheme for the poor that covers secondary hospital care for Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. Designed to improve access to healthcare and re...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Douglas, Krishnaswamy, Karuna
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24144032/impact-rsby-hospital-utilization-out-of-pocket-health-expenditure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22820