Determinants of Health Care Expenditure in Odisha, Problems and Prospects
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 6
Abstract
Health care is an important issue that attract the attention of the policy makers and the government. Developed countries spend lot on health care in comparison to developing economies. Health care has been taken as both consumer and capital goods. In this paper we have made an attempt to find the various determinants of health care expenditure .The study has been made by taking the help of both primary and secondary data in the study area to find out the determinants that affect the health care expenditure. The study shows there are number of factors that determine the health care expenditure. Among these determinants, income, age of the respondents, health insurance, educational qualification and the family size are the most important factors. We also find from our study, the people in this region prefer government hospitals than the private health care facilities because for lower cost. It is also found from the study that the people have more faith on modern methods of treatment than traditional methods of treatment. From our study also we find that in last few years the government of Odisha made lot of progress on health care.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Mahendra P. Agasty, Bidyadhar Rout
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