Gender Bias in Hospitalization Financing From Scarce Economic Resources in India: A Life Course Study

Kaushalendra Kumar , International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Abhishek Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Laishram Ladusingh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Raksha Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Anita Raj, University of California, San Diego
Lotus McDougal, University of California, San Diego
Jay Silverman, University of California, San Diego

Context Female experiences discrimination in health and education investment by the family or household. Low female health investment results in high incidence of morbidity among female compared with male. Hypothesis Under scarce household financial resources Data NSSO 71st round Social Consumption: Health (expenses incurred during the last 365 days for treatment of members as in-patient of medical institution) Method Logit model.

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 Presented in Session 9. Marriage, Family, Households, & Unions; Gender, Race, & Ethnicity