How Inclusive is the Universalised Insurance Scheme (RSBY) in Chhattisgarh? Experience of Urban Poor Women in Slums of Raipur

In this quantitative study, 367 patients who had been hospitalised in the six months prior to the study were identified through Mitanins (Community Health Workers - CHWs) and interviewed using a structured interview schedule. Family level data was collected using a family questionnaire. The tools were piloted in two rounds. The survey was undertaken during February 2014 by a team of surveyors, supervised by SN, SS and RM. Data was entered in Excel and analysed using SPSS by the authors. Informed consent was taken verbally from the respondents and noted. Confidentiality has been maintained during data analysis and report writing.