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. 2017 Apr 17;32(7):969–979. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx016

Table 3.

Outpatient care, untreated morbidity and the use of public facilities for outpatient care for the population under 60 years and 60 years or more by MPCE quintiles in India, 1995–96 and 2014

MPCE quintilesa Under 60 years
Outpatient care rate per 1000b
Untreated morbidity rate per 1000b
Outpatient care rate in public facilities per 1000b
1995–96 2014 1995–96 2014 1995–96 2014
Poorest 29.6 (27.7, 31.6) 45.0 (41.1, 48.9) 8.4 (7.4, 9.3) 15.1 (12.8, 17.4) 5.6 (4.9, 6.3) 14.3 (12.3, 16.2)
Poor 33.8 (31.9, 35.8) 54.3 (50.3, 58.2) 7.3 (6.5, 8.2) 15.8 (13.4, 18.1) 6.7 (5.6, 7.7) 16.5 (14.3, 18.7)
Middle 39.8 (37.8, 41.8) 66.5 (61.6, 71.3) 6.9 (6.1, 7.7) 14.3 (12.2, 16.4) 7.0 (6.1, 8.0) 16.6 (14.4, 18.9)
Rich 47.7 (45.7, 49.7) 74.9 (70.1, 79.6) 5.8 (5.0, 6.5) 13.3 (11.2, 15.3) 7.5 (6.8, 8.1) 16.3 (14.1, 18.4)
Richest 56.3 (53.9, 58.6) 100.6 (95.0, 106.1) 3.9 (3.4, 4.5) 11.4 (9.5, 13.4) 9.3 (8.1, 10.5) 18.2 (15.8, 20.5)
HI (95% CI) 0.039 (0.034, 0.043) 0.030 (0.022, 0.037) −0.240 (−0.268, −0.212) −0.176 (−0.211, −0.141) −0.056 (−0.086, −0.026) 0.145 (−0.175, −0.115)

60 years or more
Poorest 115.1 (96.3, 133.9) 176.5 (151.5, 201.6) 60.7 (49.9, 71.6) 56.9 (40.8, 72.9) 26.1 (19.0, 33.1) 78.9 (62.1, 95.6)
Poor 110.3 (94.5, 126.1) 223.7 (192.7, 254.7) 56.7 (46.1, 67.4) 38.4 (24.2, 52.7) 19.2 (14.4, 24.1) 81.3 (61.3, 101.3)
Middle 118.6 (103.7, 133.5) 269.3 (235.6, 302.9) 39.3 (29.9, 48.7) 40.9 (28.3, 53.6) 25.9 (18.6, 33.1) 64.8 (50.2, 79.3)
Rich 156.2 (141.3, 171.2) 323.8 (289.5, 358.1) 27.2 (22.0, 32.4) 25.2 (16.4, 34.0) 30.5 (23.0, 38.0) 88.1 (70.9, 105.3)
Richest 159.0 (146.2, 171.8) 434.7 (401.5, 467.9) 14.5 (10.6, 18.4) 20.5 (12.7, 28.2) 27.1 (20.7, 33.6) 74.8 (61.3, 88.3)
HI (95% CI) 0.085 (0.066, 0.103) 0.027 (0.015, 0.039) −0.268 (−0.312, −0.223) −0.320 (−0.391, −0.249) −0.065 (−0.129, −0.001) −0.189 (−0.234, −0.145)
a

Monthly per capita consumption expenditure quintiles;

b

Reference period is 15-days prior to the date of survey.