Noncommunicable diseases and gender gap in out-of-pocket spending on inpatient health care: An investigation of Indian elderly

Noncommunicable diseases and gender gap in out-of-pocket spending on inpatient health care: An investigation of Indian elderly

The present study intends to examine whether there exists any gender gap in out-of-pocket spending on hospitalization between elderly men and elderly women. Data were drawn from the NSS 75th Round Health Care Survey (2017–2018) consisting of a total number of 45,299 elderly. Bivariate analysis and t...

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Main Authors: Chandrima Chatterjee, Ashish Kumar Biswas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
elderly
gender gap
health spending
noncommunicable diseases
out-of-pocket
Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2023;volume=67;issue=4;spage=538;epage=541;aulast=Chatterjee

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