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. 2023 Sep 19;17:27. doi: 10.1186/s13033-023-00595-6

Table 3.

Health insurance coverage, out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), and catastrophic health expenditure (CHE-10) among individuals with mental disorders in India

Insurance coverage (%)
(n = 374)
OOPE during hospitalization in INR
(n = 374)
OOPE during Out-patient care in INR
(n = 283)
CHE-10 during hospitalization (%)
(n = 304)
Public Private Public Private Public Private
Total 23.5 7947 37,152 544 2358 30.8 82.5
Age group (years)
0–14 12.8 6975 29,035 544 2463 30.8 82.4
15–29 27.8 8603 32,550 306 1051 41.0 71.1
30–44 23.9 10,712 35,166 378 1244 48.3 76.1
45–59 24.3 4881 37,330 650 1220 20.9 77.7
60+ 35.0 6027 50,323 844 854 1.1 78.9
Place of Residence
Rural 21.5 8162 30,314 420 3903 39.2 86.8
Urban 29.1 7631 46,839 752 980 10.7 67.0
Gender
Male 21.5 8964 34,298 636 3047 33.5 82.4
Female 29.1 6067 41,539 366 1111 27.1 82.3
Marital Status
Never Married/ divorced/ 21.0 7673 27,403 387 4190 29.5 91.9
Currently married 22.7 8867 43,152 754 1189 32.6 74.8
Widowed 27.2 4017 21,968 438 890 27.0 52.5
Social Groups
ST 18.5 5039 33,854 201 399 28.6 80.8
SC 27.4 6901 32,825 1094 930 28.2 63.1
OBC 23.6 6616 40,345 343 4437 32.9 85.3
General 21.9 11,293 35,433 970 1350 30.1 83.7
Education
Illiterate 27.4 6551 24,497 427 1302 30.4 91.1
Up to primary 4.8 6742 57,849 372 5526 30.3 90.5
Up to secondary 21.6 9557 30,249 586 1088 16.8 64.9
Above Secondary 39.2 9910 45,533 1082 1347 55.9 81.1
Household occupation
Self-employed 15.4 10,273 45,791 456 3956 34.8 84.6
Regular Wages 29.3 4777 25,744 642 560 19.6 70.6
Casual Labourer 25.1 5981 26,760 430 1603 39.9 85.5
Economic quintile
Poorest 3.4 12,798 59,502 609 1094 40.7 95.7
Poor 14.6 5837 38,767 709 815 55.7 94.9
Middle 21.1 3785 28,316 757 6405 3.6 81.6
Rich 41.5 6280 26,633 234 1098 23.0 74.3
Richest 35.7 9591 35,036 445 1483 37.5 58.1

Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 75th Round 2017-18