Table 1. Summary statistics.
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| Total | Brahmin | Forward caste | OBC | SC | ST | Other | |||
| Observations | 27,251 | 1,474 | 4,571.00 | 10,910 | 5,896 | 2,082 | 2,318 | ||
| Percentage of total | 100 | 5.4 | 16.8 | 40.0 | 21.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | ||
| Waiting time | |||||||||
| Waiting time (minutes) | 21.82 | 18.53 | 22.16 | 21.78 | 23.14 | 19.18 | 22.47 | ||
| Any waiting time (share) | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.92 | ||
| Conditional waiting time (minutes) | 24.25 | 22.05 | 24.82 | 23.85 | 25.62 | 22.45 | 24.31 | ||
| Sociodemographic factors | |||||||||
| No schooling (share) | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.17 | ||
| Primary school (share) | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.14 | ||
| Secondary school (share) | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.41 | ||
| Above secondary school (share) | 0.26 | 0.55 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.29 | ||
| Household income (median Rs.) | 51428.37 | 58,424.35 | 47,300 | 28,880.46 | 24,775.82 | 21,204.5 | 42,000 | ||
| Rural (share) | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 0.56 | ||
| Type of minor illness | |||||||||
| Fever (share) | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.50 | ||
| Cough/cold (share) | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | ||
| Diarrhoea (share) | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | ||
| Other (share) | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.34 | ||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindu (share) | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.79 | 0.59 | ||
| Muslim (share) | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.30 | ||
| Christian (share) | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.06 | ||
| Sikh (share) | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | ||
| Buddhist (share) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||
| Jain (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Tribal (share) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | ||
| Others (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| None (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Health care provider | |||||||||
| Female (share) | 0.149 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | ||
| Government provider (share) | 0.295 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.30 | ||
| Round 2 | |||||||||
| Total | Brahmin | Forward caste | OBC | SC | ST | Other | |||
| Observations | 27,251 | 1,452 | 6,158 | 11,063 | 5,993 | 2,159 | 426 | ||
| Percentage of total | 100 | 5.3 | 22,6 | 40.6 | 22 | 7.9 | 1.5 | ||
| Waiting time | |||||||||
| Waiting time (minutes) | 28.62 | 25.30 | 29.41 | 28.23 | 30.33 | 24.71 | 34.41 | ||
| Any waiting time (share) | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.99 | ||
| Conditional waiting time (minutes) | 30.34 | 27.79 | 30.90 | 29.98 | 32.09 | 26.45 | 34.90 | ||
| Sociodemographic factors | |||||||||
| No schooling (share) | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.14 | ||
| Primary school (share) | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.13 | ||
| Secondary school (share) | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.38 | ||
| Above secondary school (share) | 0.33 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.35 | ||
| Household income (median Rs.) | 77,300 | 118,897.5 | 103,470 | 73,630 | 68,600 | 51,000 | 90,650 | ||
| Rural (share) | 0.66 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.86 | 0.59 | ||
| Type of minor illness | |||||||||
| Fever (share) | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.62 | ||
| Cough/cold (share) | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Diarrhoea (share) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Other (share) | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.25 | ||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindu (share) | 0.82 | 0.99 | 0.68 | 0.82 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 0.54 | ||
| Muslim (share) | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.36 | ||
| Christian (share) | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.08 | ||
| Sikh (share) | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Buddhist (share) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| Jain (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Tribal (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | ||
| Others (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||
| None (share) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Health care provider | |||||||||
| Female (share) | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.37 | ||
| Government provider (share) | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.42 | ||