Table 4.
Cost of medical and non-medical expenditure during inpatient and outpatient care for mental disorders in India
| Strata | Average medical expenditure in INR and % | Average non-medical expenditure in INR and % | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor/ Surgeon Fee |
Medicine | Diagnostic Test |
Bed Charge | Other medical expense | Total | Transport for patient | Other non-medical expense | Total | ||
| Inpatient care (n = 374) | ||||||||||
|
Public INR |
54 | 3958 | 1199 | 164 | 557 | 5932 | 1200 | 1662 | 2862 | 8794 |
| % | 0.6 | 45 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 67.5 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 32.5 | 100 |
|
Private INR |
4423 | 11,987 | 3687 | 4923 | 2273 | 27,294 | 1100 | 1935 | 3035 | 30,331 |
| % | 14.6 | 39.5 | 12.2 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 90 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 10 | 100 |
| Outpatient care (n = 283) | ||||||||||
|
Public INR |
2 | 438 | 19 | - | 22 | 482 | 62 | 47 | 109 | 591 |
| % | 0.3 | 74.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 81.6 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 18.4 | 100 | |
|
Private INR |
169 | 1091 | 380 | - | 790 | 2430 | 183 | 138 | 321 | 2751 |
| % | 6.1 | 39.7 | 13.8 | 28.7 | 88.3 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 11.7 | 100 | |
Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 71st, 2014, and 75th Round 2017-18