Table 7.
OOPE for out-patient care under public and private provider in Kerala in 2014 and 2017-18, by background characteristics
| 71st Round, 2014 (n = 3385) |
75th Round, 2017-18 (n = 6070) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pub (in INR) | Pvt. (in INR) | Pub (in INR) | Pvt. (in INR) | Trust/NGO (in INR) | Informal (in INR) | Pvt total* (in INR) | |
| Total | 221 | 564 | 239 | 752 | 800 | 11,439 | 795 |
| Rural-urban divide | |||||||
| Rural | 201 | 545 | 202 | 794 | 944 | 507 | 798 |
| Urban | 250 | 587 | 301 | 706 | 579 | 12,475 | 791 |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 265 | 573 | 261 | 813 | 1135 | 18,425 | 917 |
| Female | 189 | 557 | 223 | 707 | 474 | 1065 | 701 |
| Social Group | |||||||
| ST | 56 | 782 | 205 | 306 | - | - | 306 |
| SC | 288 | 401 | 178 | 619 | 270 | - | 606 |
| OBC | 192 | 551 | 251 | 672 | 683 | 11,438 | 752 |
| GEN | 259 | 623 | 232 | 864 | 1001 | 868 | |
| Economic Class | |||||||
| Rural | |||||||
| Poorest | 168 | 338 | 180 | 712 | 408 | 218 | 705 |
| Poor | 129 | 396 | 181 | 979 | 364 | 165 | 959 |
| Middle | 147 | 577 | 241 | 646 | 605 | - | 645 |
| Rich | 372 | 588 | 178 | 740 | 1205 | 810 | 766 |
| Richest | 396 | 727 | 250 | 876 | 1877 | - | 891 |
| Urban | |||||||
| Poorest | 241 | 457 | 260 | 655 | 243 | 1285 | 658 |
| Poor | 189 | 451 | 250 | 611 | 574 | 510 | 610 |
| Middle | 257 | 455 | 416 | 983 | 508 | - | 962 |
| Rich | 293 | 856 | 235 | 707 | 678 | - | 706 |
| Richest | 310 | 725 | 498 | 635 | 760 | 27,000 | 1118 |
* Private total includes for profit private provider, trust/NGO and informal provider
Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO (71st Round 2014 and 75th Round 2017-18)