Table 4.

Disease burden and health seeking behavior in elderly during hospitalization and out-patient care in India

	Hospitalization		Out-patient care
	Diseases burden during hospitalization	Share of hospitalization episodes treated under public sector	Diseases burden in out-patient care	Share of out-patient care treated under public sector
Infection	16.6	48.3	10.0	33.5
Cancers	4.6	52.8	0.5	55.8
Blood diseases	0.9	46.8	0.9	15.3
Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional (includes diabetes)	5.3	40.3	22.5	35.5
Psychiatric and Neurological	8.2	36.8	4.4	28.2
Genito-urinary	5.3	27.8	1.0	33.9
Eye	8.4	37.8	1.5	47.5
Ear	0.2	36.4	0.4	35.6
Cardio-vascular (includes hypertension)	18.1	37.7	32.0	33.4
Respiratory	7.8	45.3	7.3	37.5
Gastro-Intestinal	7.5	36.7	2.6	30.3
Skin	0.7	50.3	0.9	22.7
Musculo-skeletal	6.2	34.8	13.9	33.0
Injuries	7.9	34.9	0.7	31.1
Others	2.4	31.4	1.6	15.3
Total	100.0	39.8	100.0	33.6

Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 75th Round 2017–18