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 |