The Impact of Public Health Financing on Maternal Healthcare in ‎India

  • Authors

    • Geethu Rachel Stephen Research Scholar, Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-9454
    • Dr. N. Savitha Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology‎, Vellore https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-4014
    https://doi.org/10.14419/41ekhq58

    Received date: May 30, 2025

    Accepted date: June 26, 2025

    Published date: July 17, 2025

  • Maternal Health; Maternal Mortality Ratio; Public Health Financing; Panel Data

  • Abstract

    This study investigates the impact of public health financing on maternal health outcomes in India, analyzing data from 15 states ‎from 2015 to 2020. It examines the relationship between the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and key indicators of public health financing ‎on maternal healthcare, such as percentage of institutional births, antenatal care visits (at least four), and postnatal care within two days of ‎delivery. The data was collected from the National Health Profile and the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report. Employing corre-‎lation analysis and panel data analysis using the Panel Least Squares method, Breusch-Pagan test, Hausman test, and a Fixed Effects model ‎in E-Views, the study aims to estimate the effect of these financing-related indicators on MMR. The correlation analysis showed that during ‎the time period 2015 to 2020, there was a strong negative correlation between MMR and all the independent variables taken for the study. ‎The panel data analysis shows that there is a significant relationship between the dependent and independent variables, and the fixed effect ‎model is more appropriate for the analysis of such models. The secondary data analysis also shows the improvement of maternal health over ‎time in India, as MMR has decreased over the years. The highest MMR is found in Assam and the lowest in Kerala during the study period. ‎The findings will provide insights into the association between public health financing and improvements in maternal health outcomes ‎across diverse Indian states over time‎.

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    Rachel Stephen, G., & Savitha , D. N. . (2025). The Impact of Public Health Financing on Maternal Healthcare in ‎India. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12(3), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.14419/41ekhq58