Table 3.
Share of public and private providers for out-patient care in Kerala in 2014 and 2017-18, by background characteristics
| 71st Round, 2014 (n = 3385) |
75th Round, 2017-18 (n = 6070) |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pub (%) | Pvt. (%) | Pub (%) | Pvt. (%) | Trust/NGO (%) | Informal (%) | Pvt. Total*(%) | |
| Total | 34.0 | 66.0 | 47.5 | 50.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 52.3 |
| Rural-urban divide | |||||||
| Rural | 36.3 | 63.7 | 51.8 | 46.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 48.2 |
| Urban | 31.1 | 68.9 | 41.7 | 56.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 57.8 |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 31.3 | 68.7 | 47.2 | 50.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 52.6 |
| Female | 36.0 | 64.0 | 47.7 | 50.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 52.1 |
| Social Group | |||||||
| ST | 13.9 | 86.2 | 67.6 | 32.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.4 |
| SC | 57.7 | 42.3 | 66.1 | 32.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 33.9 |
| OBC | 33.3 | 66.7 | 53.1 | 45.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 46.5 |
| GEN | 28.2 | 71.9 | 34.0 | 64.1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 66.0 |
| Economic Class | |||||||
| Rural | |||||||
| Poorest | 55.9 | 44.2 | 61.3 | 37.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 38.7 |
| Poor | 38.6 | 61.4 | 59.0 | 39.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 40.9 |
| Middle | 38.9 | 61.1 | 53.7 | 44.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 46.4 |
| Rich | 25.7 | 74.4 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 52.4 |
| Richest | 21.9 | 78.1 | 37.9 | 61.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 62.1 |
| Urban | |||||||
| Poorest | 44.2 | 55.8 | 53.5 | 45.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 45.9 |
| Poor | 28.6 | 71.4 | 51.6 | 47.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 48.0 |
| Middle | 34.4 | 65.6 | 49.8 | 48.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 50.2 |
| Rich | 23.5 | 76.5 | 26.5 | 71.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 73.5 |
| Richest | 20.3 | 79.7 | 20.5 | 77.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 78.2 |
* 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)