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Table 1 Disease, MPCE Class and Sector wise Utilization of Healthcare Services in India (in %)

From: Equity in distribution of public subsidy for noncommunicable diseases among the elderly in India: an application of benefit incidence analysis

Category

Groups

Inpatient

Outpatient

Rural

Urban

Combine

Rural

Urban

Combine

Ailment Group

      

Utilization of Healthcare Facilities

CD

19.57

20.97

20.03

39.70

32.20

36.90

NCD

39.78

46.14

41.87

50.25

60.46

54.05

ODa

40.65

32.90

38.11

10.05

7.34

9.04

 

MPCE Class

  

Utilization of Healthcare for NCDs

Poorest

16.75

18.80

17.49

19.51

20.18

19.79

Lower Middle

19.54

23.04

20.80

22.83

21.35

22.22

Upper Middle

25.02

27.55

25.93

25.64

26.14

25.85

Richest

38.69

30.60

35.77

32.02

32.33

32.15

Utilization of Public Hospitals for NCDs

Poorest

21.92

28.09

23.87

26.94

32.07

28.82

Lower Middle

24.65

25.90

25.04

23.22

24.96

23.86

Upper Middle

25.39

28.36

26.33

25.50

21.47

24.02

Richest

28.03

17.65

24.74

24.34

21.50

23.30

  1. Source: Authors’ estimation based on NSS data (2014)
  2. aOther diseases also include various health conditions like pregnancy, illness in the newborn etc. with fever, body aches and the like diseases which cannot be classified as NCD or CD.