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Applicant:
Central University of Tamil Nadu 
Author:
Neena Elezbeth Philip, Ravindran TKS  
Corresponding Authors:
Neena Elezbeth Philip 
DOI #:
10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1489  
Title:
Government sponsored health insurance coverage and out-of-pocket spending among elderly in Kerala: a cross-sectional study 
Journal:
Journal Of Aging Research And Healthcare  
Year:
2017 
Volume:
2(1) 
Page:
15-24 
Keywords:
CHIS, Coverage, Health Insurance, Health Utilization, Financial Risk Protection, Out-of pocket Expenses, Service Coverage, Elederly 
Abstract:
We aimed to find the population coverage, health service utilization and out-of-pocket spending among the elderly who are insured under Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS), Kerala through a longitudinal study of 600 non-rich households for nine months. The study found that only 57.7% the elderly were insured under CHIS which is lower than the population average of 80%. Single elderly from a socially backward caste, living alone in kutcha or semi-pucca houses were excluded from CHIS. Even though insured elderly had more episodes of hospitalization, only 38.4% of the elderly could make use of CHIS smart card for payment during hospitalization and 43.6% of the episodes were covered by CHIS. The mean indirect out-of-pocket expenses among insured elderly who had used smart cards for hospitalization (INR 7679.25) was higher than that for the un-insured (INR 4455.26), p = 0.027. The mean monthly drug expenditure (INR 1105.09) was also significantly higher among the insured as compared to the un-insured elderly (INR 650.03), p=.004. More than 80% of the hospitalized households had to use distress finance mechanisms to meet health- related expenses. We found that population coverage among elderly did not translate into service coverage and thus financial risk protection was not achieved even in a state like Kerala which is considered to be well-performing in terms of health insurance coverage. This study points out that elderly being a vulnerable group with special needs require a more comprehensive service package including chronic disease care, and a higher level of financial coverage. 
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Neena Elezebeth Philip on 2020-09-03 
 
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