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. 2021 Aug 27;10(8):2853–2858. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2322_20

Table 3.

Comparison of household expenditure for Oral healthcare hospitalization services in NSS 71st Round (2014-2015) and NSS 75th Round (2017-2018) surveys

Income groups Overall Public


71st Round (n=78) 75th Round (n=167) 71st Round (n=27)



Total expenditure Medical Non-medical Total expenditure Medical Non-medical Total expenditure Medical Non-medical
Poor 21 (21-75) 20 (20-61) 2 (2-6) 154 (79-363) 108 (19-338) 18 (7-46) 21 (21-21) 20 (20-20) 2 (2-2)
Middle 120 (58-306) 111 (53-306) 5 (5-55) 95 (38-240) 77 (31-231) 15 (9-38) 20 (11-20) 16 (9-16) 3 (3-3)
Rich 220 (55-334) 194 (43-318) 16 (8-26) 131 (45-485) 113 (38-462) 14 (8-23) 35 (35-35) 0 (0-25) 35 (11-35)
Overall 58 (21-263) 53 (20-208) 5 (2-18) 125 (45-363) 108 (34-331) 15 (8-33) 21 (21-21) 20 (20-20) 2 (2-2)
Equity ratio 1:0.09 1:0.1 1:1.7 1:0.9 1:0.6

Income groups Public Private


75th Round (n=70) 71st Round (n=51) 75th Round (n=97)



Total expenditure Medical Non-medical Total expenditure Medical Non-medical Total expenditure Medical Non-medical

Poor 42 (20-154) 19 (13-108) 15 (8-23) 110 (18-158) 94 (12-154) 6 (6-15) 218 (91-603) 202 (85-538) 25 (6-65)
Middle 33 (16-112) 22 (6-108) 11 (11-34) 263 (58-360) 208 (53-308) 9 (5-55) 154 (74-315) 154 (69-289) 15 (5-39)
Rich 23 (22-62) 14 (14-51) 8 (8-15) 243 (102-335) 238 (94-322) 16 (8-26) 188 (69-558) 177 (55-554) 14 (6-28)
Overall 34 (21-112) 15 (12-108) 11 (8-23) 158 (58-306) 154 (53-306) 9 (5-26) 191 (91-523) 175 (77-462) 15 (6-39)
Equity ratio 1:1.3 1:1.8 1:0.4 1:0.4 1:1.6 1:1.4

Note: The annual average of USD exchange rate for the survey periods is 65 to INR