Has the Janani Suraksha Yojana (a conditional maternity benefit transfer scheme) succeeded in reducing the economic burden of maternity in rural India? Evidence from the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh

Has the Janani Suraksha Yojana (a conditional maternity benefit transfer scheme) succeeded in reducing the economic burden of maternity in rural India? Evidence from the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh

Background. One of the constraints in the utilisation of maternal healthcare in India is the out-of-pocket expenditure. To improve the utilisation and to reduce the out-of-pocket expenditure, India launched a cash incentive scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides monetary incentive to t...

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Main Authors: Saradiya Mukherjee, Aditya Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
Subjects:
Janani Suraksha Yojana
Maternity expenditure
Out of pocket expenditure
catastrophic diect expenditure
indrect
Online Access:http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/957

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