Table 1.

Share of total household income spend on health care in India, 2004–2005.

	Health care spending (%) on monthly household income
	Any morbidity	Short term	Long term
All India	6.02	4.43	1.59
Place of residence
Metro	1.13	0.67	0.46
Other urban	3.57	2.42	1.15
More developed village	7.73	5.72	2.01
Less developed village	6.87	5.18	1.69
Income
Lowest quintile	14.53	11.15	3.38
Second quintile	4.53	3.27	1.26
Thirrd quintile	2.44	1.74	0.7
Fourth quintile	1.44	1.02	0.42
Top quintile	0.65	0.37	0.28
Social groups
High caste Hindu	5.13	3.65	1.48
OBC	7.59	5.66	1.93
Dalit	5.32	4.06	1.26
Adivasi	3.88	2.78	1.1
Muslim	4.84	3.88	0.96
Other religion	9.19	4.36	4.83

Barik and Desai (8), p. 57.