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Table 7 Variation in various indicators of elderly health from 71st Round NSS, 2014, to 75th Round NSS, 2017–18

From: Equity and elderly health in India: reflections from 75th round National Sample Survey, 2017–18, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

 

71st Round NSS, 2014

75th Round NSS, 2017–18

Access

 Inpatient care

Hospitalization rate

10.9

8.5

Share of public sector during hospitalization

35.9

39.0

Share of private sector during hospitalization

64.1

61.0

 Out-patient care

PAP

30.3

27.7

Share of public sector in out-patient care

28.3

33.6

Share of private sector in out-patient care

71.7

66.4

Financial Protection

 Inpatient care

Any insurance coverage

19.0

18.9

PFHI coverage

16.2

14.3

OOPE during hospitalization in public sector (in Rs.)

7177

6209

OOPE during hospitalization in private sector (in Rs.)

31,875

38,709

CHE-10 in public sector during hospitalization

27.3

23.2

CHE-10 in private sector during hospitalization

65.9

64.9

CHE-25in public sector during hospitalization

12.5

9.1

CHE-25in private sector during hospitalization

38.2

37.0

 Out-patient care

OOPE in out-patient care under public sector (in Rs.)

547

390

OOPE in out-patient care under private sector (in Rs.)

802

852

Living Arrangements

 Living with spouse and other members

47.0

50.3

 Living with spouse only

14.8

14.1

 Living without spouse but with children/relatives

34.1

31.5

 Living alone but not in old age home

4.1

4.2

Economic Independence

 Independent

28.3

30.1

 Partially independent

20.0

22.9

 Totally dependent

51.7

47.0

Physical mobility

 Physically immobile-Confine to bed

1.6

1.4

 Confined to home

6.0

5.5

 Able to move outside but with wheelchair only

0.4

0.6

 Physically mobile

92.0

92.5

Perception towards health

 Own perception of current state of health

  Excellent/ very good

6.8

8.8

  Good/fair

70.6

71.6

  Poor

22.4

19.6

 Own perception about change in the state of health compared to previous year

  Much better

4.6

5.8

  Somewhat better

12.9

12.6

  Nearly the same

57.5

60.6

  Somewhat worse

20.5

18.3

  Worse

4.5

2.6

  1. Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 71st, 2014, and 75th Round 2017–18