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Table 2 MPCE Class wise Average Out-of-pocket Expenditure for NCD-related Inpatient and Outpatient Care in India (in INR)

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

Service

MPCE Class

Rural

Urban

Public

Private

Public

Private

Medicine

Medical

Total

Medicine

Medical

Total

Medicine

Medical

Total

Medicine

Medical

Total

Inpatient

Poorest

2302

5343

7130

4466

17,364

19,245

1980

4722

6047

5375

27,415

29,607

Lower Middle

2591

4857

6612

5622

20,570

22,860

3441

7300

9235

6482

26,237

28,923

Upper Middle

4595

9263

11,366

5903

26,990

29,610

3693

9470

11,696

6283

40,218

43,826

Richest

4017

12,150

15,223

8911

39,363

43,129

5990

18,554

21,479

10,610

64,797

69,239

All

3508

8260

10,487

7021

30,175

33,157

3789

10,072

12,183

8100

46,976

50,614

Outpatient

Poorest

188

240

294

331

502

591

108

135

186

367

514

565

Lower Middle

224

296

379

335

454

519

262

354

417

594

863

934

Upper Middle

372

441

538

475

612

676

352

408

465

501

737

807

Richest

364

454

549

530

724

833

348

463

524

716

992

1080

All

294

366

449

453

616

703

270

344

401

588

834

908

  1. Source: Authors’ estimation based on NSS data (2014)