Institute of Public Health

Health financing

Social and financial barriers to health care are major challenges in accessing health care and achieving health equity. Research under this domain focuses on areas like health financing, health economics,social protection in health, health insurance and equity access to health care, equity etc. IPH is committed to promoting universal access to health care through generating evidence for interventions and policies that help achieve social protection for communities.

Current  Projects

  • Health Inc - Socially inclusive health care financing in West Africa and India
  • RSBY WHO-Alliance study – Study of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) Health Insurance Scheme in India

 

Completed Projects

  • Evaluation of community health insurance in India
  • Review of 10 CHI programs in India(World bank 2003)
  • Effectiveness of community health insurance program( 2003 – 2006 )