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Table 4 Ratio of out-of-pocket expenditure on hospitalization among major states of India with respect to Tamil Nadu, 2014

From: Do poor people in the poorer states pay more for healthcare in India?

States

Poor using public health centers

Poor using private health centers

Non-poor using public health centers

Non-poor using private health centers

All

Public health centers

Private health centers

Tamil Nadu

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Jharkhand

1.33***

0.89

1.94

0.54***

0.52***

1.63***

0.56***

Telangana

1.42***

1.11

1.84***

0.96

1.13***

1.71***

0.95

Andhra Pradesh

1.30

0.65***

1.90***

0.84

1.03

1.79***

0.84***

Rajasthan

1.47***

0.68**

2.02***

0.91

0.64***

1.80***

0.86**

Kerala

2.03***

1.10

1.71***

0.83***

0.97

1.81***

0.87***

Chhattisgarh

1.52**

1.03

2.48***

0.92

0.74

1.88***

0.84

Karnataka

2.15***

0.93

1.90***

0.75***

0.86

1.92***

0.74***

Maharashtra

1.95***

1.28

2.10***

0.92

1.14**

1.93***

0.93

Madhya Pradesh

1.68***

1.22

2.57***

0.91

0.70**

2.06***

0.89

Bihar

2.17***

0.99

2.58***

0.70

0.65

2.28***

0.70**

Gujarat

1.23**

0.68***

2.74***

0.63***

0.79***

2.37***

0.62***

Assam

2.92***

0.80

2.69***

1.84**

0.61**

2.67***

1.55**

Odisha

3.10***

1.49

2.91***

1.19*

0.65***

2.80***

1.16*

West Bengal

4.17***

1.34

2.66***

1.08

0.77**

3.00***

1.07

Uttar Pradesh

1.62***

0.98

3.89***

1.00

1.01*

3.03***

0.92

Haryana

3.60***

1.61

3.48***

0.84

1.10*

3.48***

0.91

Delhi

2.22**

3.82**

3.75***

1.50*

1.48***

3.64***

1.60***

Punjab

4.59**

1.31*

4.30***

1.15

1.40***

4.40***

1.17

India

2.24

1.06

2.52

0.90

0.90

2.38

0.89

  1. Note: States are arranged in ascending order of OOPE in public health centers. t-test shows significant differences in OOPE of Tamil Nadu with each of the state in respective category (*** p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05)