RSBY scheme and Out of pocket expenditure - a Case Study from Chhattisgarh

Rashriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has been implementing in Chhattisgarh from june 2009 onwards. The state has ranked sixth in terms of the enrollment among the 18 states as per the Final Report on RSBY Post Enrolment Evaluation held at May, 2012. As the enrollment alone cannot judge the success of the programme, the researcher has conducted a minor study in Sendri gram Panchayat, a panchayat in Bilaspur to look into the health seeking behaviour of the population. The research is specially focused on the BPL population and their health care seeking behaviour. Case study method is used to have a in-depth understanding about the case. The samples are selected using stratified sampling method i.e. samples selected randomly from different social status such as SCs, STs and OBCs and who belong to different wards in the panchayat.