Out-of-pocket expenditure and its correlates for institutional deliveries in private and public healthcare sectors in India: findings from NFHS 5

Abstract Background Increased coverage for institutional delivery (ID) is one of the essential factors for improved maternal and child health (MCH). Though, ID increased over time, out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for the care-seeking families had been found to be growing, parallelly. Hence, we esti...

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Main Authors: Sayantani Manna, Damini Singh, Shishirendu Ghosal, Tanveer Rehman, Srikanta Kanungo, Sanghamitra Pati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16352-w