A Study On OOPE On Health Among Rural People Of Bhojipura Block Of District Bareilly.

[摘要] High out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health can increase poverty, reduce access tohealthcare, and lead to long-term poverty and irrational use of drugs. Catastrophic health spending (CHS)and its impoverishment effect are gaining attention from policymakers and healthcare providers.Aim: Toestimate the out-of-pocket expenditure on health among study participants and identify socio- demographic factors associated with higher out-of-pocket expenditures in the study participants. Thestudy was carried out in the rural area of Bareilly. This study was conducted as over a period of one year.It was a retrospective cross sectional study. Study population: Rural people residing in the Bhojipurablock of district Bareilly. Sampling unit is family residing in bhojipura block of district Bareilly. Samplesize came out to be 260. Out of total 264 study subjects, majority 71.2% of the study subjects were Hinduby religion as compared to 28.80% who were Muslim by religion. Majority 87.12% of the subjectsbelonged to the category of (OBC) as compared to 7.19% and 5.68% belonging to the category of SC andGeneral Class respectively. Out of total 264, most 62.70% of the families were nuclear type and 34.96%were joint families. It also reveals the distribution of the families on the basis of heads of the families. OutOf Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) is the major mechanisms for health financing across the samplepopulation. OOPE are many times high enough so that families suffer from catastrophic effects of suchhigh OOPE.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] OOPE;healthcare;Catastrophic health spending.