Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India

Demand side financing (DSF) is a widely employed strategy to enhance utilization of healthcare. The impact of DSF on health care seeking in general and that of maternal care in particular is already known. Yet, its effect on financial access to care, out-of-pocket spending (OOPS) and provider motiva...

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Main Authors: Gopalan, Saji S., Varatharajan, Durairaj
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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spelling okr-10986-231632021-04-23T14:04:13Z Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India Gopalan, Saji S. Varatharajan, Durairaj maternal healthcare consumption out-of-pocket spending demand side financing financial risk protection Demand side financing (DSF) is a widely employed strategy to enhance utilization of healthcare. The impact of DSF on health care seeking in general and that of maternal care in particular is already known. Yet, its effect on financial access to care, out-of-pocket spending (OOPS) and provider motivations is not considerably established. Without such evidence, DSFs may not be recommendable to build up any sustainable healthcare delivery approach. This study explores the above aspects on India’s Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) program. 2015-11-30T22:01:14Z 2015-11-30T22:01:14Z 2012-09-15 Journal Article BMC Health Services Research http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23163 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank BioMed Central Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic maternal healthcare consumption
out-of-pocket spending
demand side financing
financial risk protection
spellingShingle maternal healthcare consumption
out-of-pocket spending
demand side financing
financial risk protection
Gopalan, Saji S.
Varatharajan, Durairaj
Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India
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India
description Demand side financing (DSF) is a widely employed strategy to enhance utilization of healthcare. The impact of DSF on health care seeking in general and that of maternal care in particular is already known. Yet, its effect on financial access to care, out-of-pocket spending (OOPS) and provider motivations is not considerably established. Without such evidence, DSFs may not be recommendable to build up any sustainable healthcare delivery approach. This study explores the above aspects on India’s Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) program.
format Journal Article
author Gopalan, Saji S.
Varatharajan, Durairaj
author_facet Gopalan, Saji S.
Varatharajan, Durairaj
author_sort Gopalan, Saji S.
title Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India
title_short Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India
title_full Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India
title_fullStr Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India
title_full_unstemmed Addressing Maternal Healthcare through Demand Side Financial Incentives : Experience of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India
title_sort addressing maternal healthcare through demand side financial incentives : experience of janani suraksha yojana program in india
publisher BioMed Central
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23163
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