Table 2.
Share of public and private providers for hospitalization in Kerala in 2014 and 2017-18, by background characteristics
| 71st Round, 2014 (n = 3002) |
75th Round, 2017-18 (n = 4986) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pub(%) | Pvt. (%) | Pub (%) | Pvt. (%) | Trust/NGO (%) |
Pvt. Total* (%) | |
| Total | 33.9 | 66.2 | 37.3 | 59.1 | 3.6 | 62.7 |
| Rural-urban divide | ||||||
| Rural | 34.4 | 65.6 | 38.7 | 58.3 | 3.0 | 61.3 |
| Urban | 33.0 | 67.0 | 35.2 | 60.3 | 4.5 | 64.8 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 36.6 | 63.4 | 39.2 | 56.6 | 4.3 | 60.9 |
| Female | 31.8 | 68.2 | 35.7 | 61.3 | 3.0 | 64.3 |
| Social Group | ||||||
| ST | 69.4 | 30.6 | 65.1 | 34.2 | 0.7 | 34.9 |
| SC | 55.7 | 44.3 | 59.3 | 39.5 | 1.2 | 40.7 |
| OBC | 34.7 | 65.3 | 40.1 | 56.6 | 3.3 | 59.9 |
| GEN | 23.0 | 77.0 | 24.1 | 71.0 | 4.9 | 75.9 |
| Economic Class | ||||||
| Rural | ||||||
| Poorest | 48.6 | 51.4 | 46.2 | 52.1 | 1.7 | 53.8 |
| Poor | 46.1 | 53.9 | 41.1 | 54.7 | 4.2 | 58.9 |
| Middle | 37.2 | 62.8 | 45.6 | 50.6 | 3.8 | 54.4 |
| Rich | 23.5 | 76.5 | 31.0 | 64.6 | 4.5 | 69.1 |
| Richest | 20.2 | 79.8 | 23.5 | 75.2 | 1.3 | 76.5 |
| Urban | ||||||
| Poorest | 49.3 | 50.7 | 40.2 | 55.3 | 4.5 | 59.8 |
| Poor | 40.6 | 59.4 | 43.0 | 55.1 | 1.9 | 57 |
| Middle | 27.8 | 72.3 | 40.8 | 52.0 | 7.2 | 59.2 |
| Rich | 26.6 | 73.4 | 26.1 | 68.4 | 5.5 | 73.9 |
| Richest | 15.1 | 84.9 | 14.1 | 80.5 | 5.4 | 85.9 |
* Private total includes for profit private provider and trust/NGO
Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO (71st Round 2014 and 75th Round 2017-18)