Determinants of Household Healthcare Expenditure: ^ Case of Urban Coimbatore
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2011
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Abstract
Human Resource Development is fostered by a series of factors such
education, health, water supply and housing that constitute the basis
(ds. The delivery and quality of healthcare services available in a country
large extent to determine the development and conservation of human
sources to their maximum potential. Heallli, expenditure consists of ail
^penditures or outlays for medical care, prevention, promotion, rehabilitation
^d regulation and capital formulation with the regulation and capital
motion with the predominant objective of improving health. To substantiate
objective, i.e., to find out the pattern of health care expenditure of the
mple respondents 225, regression analysis is used and descriptive statistics
i estimated. Mainly, four variables are used for this purpose; i.e. household
salth expenditure, income of the sample respondents, age and education of
)e sample respondents. Therefore, the study concludes that health literacy
Efforts should be made integral to preventive, promotive, curative and
thabilitative health care.