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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of inpatient cases

From: Illnesses and hardship financing in India: an evaluation of inpatient and outpatient cases, 2014-18

 

71st round

2014(A)

75th round

2018(B)

Pooled (A+B)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Ailment

  Infection

10,766

25.71

20,362

32.12

31,128

29.86

  Cancer

774

1.59

1,243

2.06

2,017

1.93

  Blood Disease

825

1.91

1,230

2.22

2,055

1.97

  Endocrine

1,149

2.57

1,762

2.58

2,911

2.79

  Psychiatric

2,426

5.82

3,550

5.48

5,976

5.73

  Genito-urinary

2,711

6.75

3,843

5.94

6,554

6.29

  Eye

1,590

4.83

2,091

3.70

3,681

3.53

  Ear

183

0.48

336

0.47

519

0.50

  Cardio-vascular

3,269

8.46

5,654

8.72

8,923

8.56

  Respiratory

2,025

5.01

2,514

3.98

4,539

4.35

  Gastro-intestinal

4,739

11.19

6,765

10.03

11,504

11.04

  Skin

390

0.94

628

0.93

1,018

0.98

  Musculo-Skeletal

1,954

4.98

2,898

4.53

4,852

4.65

  Obstetric

1,937

5.58

1,778

3.55

3,715

3.56

  Injuries

4,519

11.25

7,697

11.43

12,216

11.72

  Others

1,199

2.95

1,434

2.27

2,633

2.53

Gender

  Male

20,496

49.41

33,105

51.11

53,601

51.42

  Female

19,960

50.59

30,680

48.89

50,640

48.58

Education Status

  Illiterate

14,102

37.49

18,864

32.25

32,966

31.62

  Less than primary education

5,417

13.33

8,532

13.29

13,949

13.38

  Completed primary education

5,138

12.50

8,180

13.82

13,318

12.78

  Middle school completed

5,450

13.82

8,593

13.20

14,043

13.47

  Completed secondary or higher secondary

7,395

16.85

14,052

20.53

21,447

20.57

  Graduation and above

2,954

6.01

5,564

6.91

8,518

8.17

Type of Employment

  Casual labour

5,519

15.36

13,044

24.56

18,563

17.81

  Self-employed

19,414

48.28

30,533

47.33

49,947

47.91

  Regular wage

9,734

20.50

15,157

20.70

24,891

23.88

  Household without income

5,789

15.86

5,051

7.40

10,840

10.40

Income Quintile

  Poorest

6,067

15.97

10,379

18.11

16,446

15.78

  Poor

8,703

21.12

9,856

16.89

18,559

17.80

  Middle

5,190

13.31

14,030

22.48

19,220

18.44

  Rich

9,064

22.60

11,550

17.53

20,614

19.78

  Richest

11,427

27.00

17,970

24.99

29,397

28.20

Living Condition Index

  Low

20,094

55.80

36,249

64.00

56,343

54.05

  High

20,362

44.20

27,535

36.00

47,897

45.95

Insurance

  Insured

7,951

21.93

14,324

23.13

22,275

21.37

  Uninsured

32,505

78.07

49,461

76.87

81,966

78.63

Chronic Diseases

  Suffered

8,782

24.83

10,358

19.37

19,140

18.36

  Did not suffer

31,674

75.17

53,427

80.63

85,101

81.64

Location

  Urban

18,697

64.92

28,266

35.21

46,963

45.00

  Rural

21,759

35.08

35,519

64.79

57,278

54.95

Religion

  Hinduism

31,208

79.74

48,274

79.23

79,482

76.25

  Islam

5,580

13.63

8,695

14.40

14,275

13.69

  Christianity

2,268

3.82

4,165

3.58

6,433

6.17

  Others

1,400

2.82

2,651

2.79

4,051

4.00

Social Group

  SC/ST

11,163

25.15

17,853

25.02

29,016

27.84

  OBC

16,181

44.86

25,721

43.8

41,902

40.20

  Others

13,112

30.00

20,211

31.19

33,323

31.97

Type of Medical Institution

  Public

17,343

38.02

29,346

41.72

46,689

44.79

  Private

23,113

61.98

34,439

58.28

57,552

55.21

Age Group

  Children

7,120

16.51

11,013

16.60

18,133

17.40

  Working age

24,941

61.74

40,130

63.32

65,071

62.42

  Elderly

8,395

21.75

12,642

20.08

21,037

20.18

State Regions

  North zone

7,428

17.11

11,811

18.94

19,239

18.46

  South zone

9,516

34.82

14,992

30.38

24,508

23.51

  East zone

7,026

18.22

10,688

20.06

17,714

16.99

  West zone

7,399

20.05

10,827

19.65

18,226

17.48

  Central zone

2,827

6.21

4,461

6.15

7,288

6.99

  North-east zone

4,162

1.82

7,328

2.21

11,490

11.02

  Union Territory

2,098

1.77

3,678

2.62

5,776

5.54

Free Advice

  Yes

17,085

38.19

31,229

45.84

48,314

46.35

  No

23,371

61.81

32,552

54.16

55,923

53.65

Marital Status

  Unmarried

15,830

37.99

25,497

38.21

41,327

39.65

  Married

24,626

62.01

38,288

61.79

62,914

60.35

  1. Source: Based on the authors’ computation from NSSO 71st and 75th round unit level data. The 'N' represents the unweighted sample size of each category of the independent variable. '%' is the weighted percentage of each category of the independent variable for the cross-sectional data sets and the unweighted percentage for the pooled data set.