Table 5.

Reasons for not seeking treatment on medical advice and not using public facilities for outpatient care by the non-poor and the poor population under 60 years and 60 years or more in India, 2014

Reasons for not seeking treatment on medical advice	Under 60 years			60 years or more
	Non-poor	Poor	Total	Non-poor	Poor	Total
No medical facility available in the neighbourhood	9.5	13.2	12.0	7.1	12.0	10.8
Facility of satisfactory quality not available	1.6	3.5	2.9	9.3	3.6	5.0
Facility of satisfactory quality too expensive	2.3	5.3	4.4	5.9	15.8	13.3
Facility of satisfactory quality involves long waiting	2.6	3.5	3.2	4.6	1.5	2.3
Ailment not considered serious	71.3	60.7	64.2	45.8	42.3	43.2
Others	12.7	13.8	13.5	27.3	24.7	25.4
Reasons for not using public facilities for outpatient care
Required specific service not available	8.4	12.2	10.6	6.3	10.3	8.4
Facility available but quality not satisfactory	42.0	40.9	41.4	45.6	45.2	45.4
Quality satisfactory but facility too far	10.7	13.8	12.5	6.7	13.1	10.0
Facility of satisfactory quality but involves long waiting	29.6	24.9	26.9	33.8	26.1	29.8
Financial constraint	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.6
Others	9.1	7.6	8.3	7.5	4.4	5.9