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Demand side financing for promoting institutional delivery: experiences of Janani Suraksha Yojana in Indian states

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  • J. Krishna Nair

    (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)

  • Pulak Mishra

    (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)

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Public expenditure for the improvement of maternal health is crucial in addressing the major social and demographic challenges in developing countries like India. Accordingly, the Government of India initiated the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in 2005 as a flagship conditional cash transfer scheme to encourage institutional delivery in the country. While the provisions under the JSY remain uniform throughout the country, there are apprehensions that the impact would differ across the states as well as between the rural and urban setups depending on varied socio-economic conditions and local level dynamics. Besides, households’ choice of the type of institution (i.e., government versus private healthcare centres) may also change following the implementation of the JSY. This paper examines these two critical but interrelated aspects. Using secondary data compiled mainly from the last two rounds of the National Family Health Survey and estimating panel data econometric models, the paper finds that interactions with health facilitators during pregnancy, and per capita income contribute positively to the increase in institutional delivery in India irrespective of whether the households are located in rural or urban areas. Importantly, the paper does not find any significant role of the JSY in this regard. On the contrary, the JSY encourages households to prefer public to private hospitals in both rural and urban areas, whereas preference for private hospitals is positively associated with the household head literacy rate in urban area and health insurance coverage and per capita income in rural areas. The findings suggest greater emphasis on quality enhancement of the government healthcare centres. Besides, active engagement of the health workers should also be encouraged, particularly in mobilising the community towards institutional delivery and linking them effectively with the related initiatives of the government.

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  • J. Krishna Nair & Pulak Mishra, 2025. "Demand side financing for promoting institutional delivery: experiences of Janani Suraksha Yojana in Indian states," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 25(2), pages 245-270, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:ijhcfe:v:25:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s10754-025-09391-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s10754-025-09391-w
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    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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