A comparative study of health care financing trends in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- The Indian Journal of Economics
- 101(403 pt. 4), Apr, 2021: p.649-670
The central objective of the present paper is to make a comparative study of health care financing in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Research gaps have been identified through the review of several relevant research papers. The paper is based on secondary data. Coefficient of correlation, regression and trend analyses of the data consisting of (a) socio-economic and demographic data related to health care expenditures, (b) per capita health care expenditures, and (c) percentages of (i) total health care expenditure out of GDP, (ii) domestic general government health care expenditure out of GDP, (iii) out-of-pocket health care expenditure out of total health care expenditure etc. of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been used in the study. We have arrived at the overall conclusion that (a) India and Bangladesh are in the first and second positions respectively in the area of health care financing, and (b) shares of outpocket health care expenditures out of total health care expenditures in the three countries are very high, but it is the highest in Bangladesh. – Reproduced
Total health care expenditure, Out-of-pocket health care expenditure, Domestic private health care expenditure, External health care expenditure, Gross domestic product, World health organization.