Table 3. Average OOP hospitalization expenditure per cancer patient by background characteristics and public and private sector treatment, India National Sample Survey 2014.

Background characteristics	Average Hospitalization Expenditure
	Public sector		Private sector
	Medical	Total	Medical	Total
Age
0–5 years	19805	30041	55136	61096
6–14 years	32391	36577	56102	67044
15–24 years	18083	20947	97068	100445
25–59 years	31084	36665	85441	91156
60+ years	16758	19912	65060	71936
Sex
Male	22782	27427	101194	108062
Female	26448	30835	64562	70235
Education
Illiterate	17641	23176	51754	57130
Primary	20495	24760	88644	93358
Secondary	20057	23413	37718	41202
Higher	37331	42232	121714	133020
MPCE quintile
Lowest	-	-	-	-
Second	22064	27308	44500	48083
Third	21667	24226	44948	48857
Fourth	23117	27138	83933	92169
Highest	28645	34638	89809	95422
Social group
Scheduled tribe	8596	10941	103079	108338
Scheduled caste	24306	27977	48389	53502
Other backward classes	23710	29528	74766	80430
Others	29994	34015	94923	103361
Place of residence
Rural	26897	32202	72654	77903
Urban	20686	24044	86941	94443
All India	24523	29066	78045	84320

Source: Computed by Author using data from NSS 71^st health round

Note: Distressed financing includes borrowings, sale of assets and contribution from friends and relatives as first major source. Average Hospitalization expenditure for lowest MPCE quintile is dropped due to missing data