Does health insurance coverage improve cardiometabolic risk factor levels? Quasi-experimental evidence from India
Health insurance coverage was associated with better cardiometabolic risk profiles and health status, largely mediated by increased healthcare utilization. Expanding insurance coverage to include outpatient chronic care services should be prioritized to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
Authors
- Manuela De Allegri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-1337)
- Meetushi Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6723-849X)
- Dimple Kondal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1417-9510)
- Rajeev Sadanandan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-7788)
- Devraj Jindal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-7354)
- Dorairaj Prabhakaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-834X)
- Ruby Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8487-6004)
- Viswanathan Mohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5038-6210)
- Kavita Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4330-666X)
- K.M. Venkat Narayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-5405)
- Mark D. Huffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-2519)
- Vamadevan S. Ajay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4102-0505)
- Mohan Deepa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-1946)
- Nikhil Tandon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4928-2347)
- Anubha Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-5601)
- Mohammed K. Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-2503)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (IN)
- XLIM (FR)
- Woodruff Health Sciences Center (US)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Centre for Chronic Disease Control (IN)
- National Health Systems Resource Centre (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Action
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2570600
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00