A step closer towards achieving universal health coverage: the role of gender in enrolment in health insurance in India

• Main Authors: Susanne Ziegler (Author), Swati Srivastava (Author), Divya Parmar (Author), Sharmishtha Basu (Author), Nishant Jain (Author), Manuela De Allegri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is limited understanding of how universal health coverage (UHC) schemes such as publicly-funded health insurance (PFHI) benefit women as compared to men. Many of these schemes are gender-neutral in design but given the existing gender inequalities in many societies, their b...