Research
Inequity in costs of seeking sexual and reproductive health services in India and Kenya
Haghparast-Bidgoli Hassan, Pulkki-Brännström Anni-Maria,Lafort Yves, Beksinska Mags, Rambally L 15-Sep-2015(Approximate date of publication)Objective
This study aims to assess inequity in expenditure on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in India and Kenya. In addition, this analysis aims to measure the extent to which payments are catastrophic and to explore coping mechanisms used to finance health spending.
Methods
Data for this study were collected as a part of the situational analysis for the Diagonal Interventions to Fast Forward Enhanced Reproductive Health (DIFFER) project, a multi-country project with fieldwork sites in three African sites; Mombasa (Kenya), Durban (South Africa) and Tete (Mozambique), and Mysore in India. Information on access to SRH services, the direct costs of seeking care and a ra.....