Distribution of health insurance coverage in the north-eastern region of India
| North-eastern states | Coverage of health insurance | Source of health insurance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of households having health insurance | Social health insurance | Community health insurance | Private health insurance | Others | ||||||
| ESIS | CGHS | State health insurance scheme | Rashtriya swasthya bima yojana (RSBY) | Other health insurance through employer | Medical reimbursement from the employer | Community health insurance | Private health insurance | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 58.28 | 1.99 | 2.63 | 93.18 | 1.70 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.50 |
| Assam | 10.37 | 6.46 | 9.30 | 7.02 | 56.32 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 2.22 | 9.87 | 1.79 |
| Manipur | 3.60 | 8.17 | 13.05 | 2.84 | 35.57 | 1.13 | 17.82 | 0.12 | 16.22 | 5.93 |
| Meghalaya | 34.63 | 1.12 | 1.35 | 36.75 | 58.56 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.63 | 1.83 |
| Mizoram | 45.80 | 1.23 | 2.90 | 8.94 | 84.91 | 0.34 | 2.47 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 0.45 |
| Nagaland | 6.07 | 3.10 | 7.30 | 6.06 | 70.28 | 1.44 | 0.76 | 2.52 | 2.67 | 6.45 |
| Sikkim | 30.33 | 5.88 | 4.46 | 77.93 | 0.16 | 0.88 | 12.98 | 0.16 | 8.86 | 0.36 |
| Tripura | 58.12 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 98.48 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.47 |
| NER region | 26.62 | 2.37 | 3.42 | 44.57 | 44.69 | 0.71 | 2.17 | 0.39 | 2.34 | 1.02 |
| All India | 25.10 | 4.81 | 5.36 | 43.71 | 38.94 | 1.56 | 1.79 | 0.60 | 3.80 | 3.62 |
| North-eastern states | Coverage of health insurance | Source of health insurance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of households having health insurance | Social health insurance | Community health insurance | Private health insurance | Others | ||||||
| ESIS | CGHS | State health insurance scheme | Rashtriya swasthya bima yojana (RSBY) | Other health insurance through employer | Medical reimbursement from the employer | Community health insurance | Private health insurance | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 58.28 | 1.99 | 2.63 | 93.18 | 1.70 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.50 |
| Assam | 10.37 | 6.46 | 9.30 | 7.02 | 56.32 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 2.22 | 9.87 | 1.79 |
| Manipur | 3.60 | 8.17 | 13.05 | 2.84 | 35.57 | 1.13 | 17.82 | 0.12 | 16.22 | 5.93 |
| Meghalaya | 34.63 | 1.12 | 1.35 | 36.75 | 58.56 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.63 | 1.83 |
| Mizoram | 45.80 | 1.23 | 2.90 | 8.94 | 84.91 | 0.34 | 2.47 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 0.45 |
| Nagaland | 6.07 | 3.10 | 7.30 | 6.06 | 70.28 | 1.44 | 0.76 | 2.52 | 2.67 | 6.45 |
| Sikkim | 30.33 | 5.88 | 4.46 | 77.93 | 0.16 | 0.88 | 12.98 | 0.16 | 8.86 | 0.36 |
| Tripura | 58.12 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 98.48 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.47 |
| NER region | 26.62 | 2.37 | 3.42 | 44.57 | 44.69 | 0.71 | 2.17 | 0.39 | 2.34 | 1.02 |
| All India | 25.10 | 4.81 | 5.36 | 43.71 | 38.94 | 1.56 | 1.79 | 0.60 | 3.80 | 3.62 |
Source(s): Authors’ calculation from NFHS-4 raw data