Determinants of rural-urban differential in healthcare utilization among the elderly population in India

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Rural-urban differential of no treatment, non-medical treatment and treatment from informal healthcare service providers among the Elderly Population in India (2017–18)

	RURAL (%)	URBAN (%)
No treatment sought	70.00	30.00
Non-medical treatment sought^a	63.44	36.56
Treatment sought from Informal healthcare service provider	69.61	30.39

Note: ^a includes self treatment, treatment on consultation from other household member or friend, treatment on consulting medicine shop, others
Source: Author’s calculation from the NSS 75th Round on Social Consumption: Health

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