Distress Healthcare Financing among Informal-sector Workers: A Study in Purulia District, West Bengal, India

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Title:	Distress Healthcare Financing among Informal-sector Workers: A Study in Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Authors:	Dasgupta, Souvik Kundu, Amit
Keywords:	Catastrophic healthcare expenditure Distress healthcare financing Informal worker Instrumental variables estimation
Issue Date:	1-Jun-2022
Publisher:	Registrar, Vidyasagar University on behalf of Vidyasagar University Publication Division, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, 721102
Series/Report no.:	Volume XXVI;
Abstract:	Based on a micro-level field investigation conducted in the Purulia district of West Bengal (a state in India), the present paper investigates the factors influencing the incidence of distress healthcare financing among the households whose principal earning members are working as informal workers. Distress healthcare financing is defined as a situation when a household has to borrow money with interest, and/or sell assets/livestock to pay its out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. It was found that distress healthcare financing was highly influenced by catastrophic healthcare expenditure, the proportion of working members & occupation of principal earning members.
Description:	PP:76-89
URI:	http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6922
ISSN:	0975-8003
Appears in Collections:	Vidyasagar University Journal of Economics Vol. XXVI [2021-22]

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