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Universal Healthcare and Universalising Health Insurance: Examining the Binary Through the RSBY/MSBY in Chhattisgarh

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The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a state-funded health insurance scheme in India, targeted at families living Below Poverty Line (BPL).

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Dasgupta, R. et al. (2021). Universal Healthcare and Universalising Health Insurance: Examining the Binary Through the RSBY/MSBY in Chhattisgarh. In: Qadeer, I., Saxena, K.B., Arathi, P.M. (eds) Universalising Healthcare in India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5872-3_9

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