Paying hospitals in India iconIntroduction Under the National Hospital Scheme for the Poor (Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana), hospitals in India in both the public and private sectors are paid a pre-set amount directly by the public insurer based on the type of inpatient intervention (for a pre-set list of interventions). The poor households enrolled into the scheme do not pay anything at any point when using inpatient services. Post your response to the following prompt: What, in your assessment, are the likely implications of this scheme for a) quality of care b) containing costs for healthcare services c) out-of-pocket payments by poor households? Feel free to rely on the arguments in the module notes and empirical results on this and similar schemes available in the literature. Details on how to participate Post a new topic in the discussion forum. Read the responses of your classmates and respond to at least one of those postings in a way that contributes constructively to the class discussion. For example, you might disagree with a point, ask a clarifying question, or provide additional support for a position taken in the posting.

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