Table 2.
MPCE Class wise Average Out-of-pocket Expenditure for NCD-related Inpatient and Outpatient Care in India (in INR)
| Service | MPCE Class | Rural | Urban | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Private | Public | Private | ||||||||||
| Medicine | Medical | Total | Medicine | Medical | Total | Medicine | Medical | Total | Medicine | Medical | Total | ||
| Inpatient | Poorest | 2302 | 5343 | 7130 | 4466 | 17,364 | 19,245 | 1980 | 4722 | 6047 | 5375 | 27,415 | 29,607 |
| Lower Middle | 2591 | 4857 | 6612 | 5622 | 20,570 | 22,860 | 3441 | 7300 | 9235 | 6482 | 26,237 | 28,923 | |
| Upper Middle | 4595 | 9263 | 11,366 | 5903 | 26,990 | 29,610 | 3693 | 9470 | 11,696 | 6283 | 40,218 | 43,826 | |
| Richest | 4017 | 12,150 | 15,223 | 8911 | 39,363 | 43,129 | 5990 | 18,554 | 21,479 | 10,610 | 64,797 | 69,239 | |
| All | 3508 | 8260 | 10,487 | 7021 | 30,175 | 33,157 | 3789 | 10,072 | 12,183 | 8100 | 46,976 | 50,614 | |
| Outpatient | Poorest | 188 | 240 | 294 | 331 | 502 | 591 | 108 | 135 | 186 | 367 | 514 | 565 |
| Lower Middle | 224 | 296 | 379 | 335 | 454 | 519 | 262 | 354 | 417 | 594 | 863 | 934 | |
| Upper Middle | 372 | 441 | 538 | 475 | 612 | 676 | 352 | 408 | 465 | 501 | 737 | 807 | |
| Richest | 364 | 454 | 549 | 530 | 724 | 833 | 348 | 463 | 524 | 716 | 992 | 1080 | |
| All | 294 | 366 | 449 | 453 | 616 | 703 | 270 | 344 | 401 | 588 | 834 | 908 | |
Source: Authors’ estimation based on NSS data (2014)