Progress towards universal health coverage in the context of mental disorders in India: evidence from national sample survey data

Table 4 Cost of medical and non-medical expenditure during inpatient and outpatient care for mental disorders in India

Strata	Average medical expenditure in INR and %						Average non-medical expenditure in INR and %			Total
Strata	Doctor/ Surgeon Fee	Medicine	Diagnostic Test	Bed Charge	Other medical expense	Total	Transport for patient	Other non-medical expense	Total
Inpatient care (n = 374)
Public INR	54	3958	1199	164	557	*5932*	1200	1662	*2862*	8794
%	0.6	45	13.6	1.9	6.3	*67.5*	13.6	18.9	*32.5*	100
Private INR	4423	11,987	3687	4923	2273	*27,294*	1100	1935	*3035*	30,331
%	14.6	39.5	12.2	16.2	7.5	90	3.6	6.4	10	100
Outpatient care (n = 283)
Public INR	2	438	19	-	22	*482*	62	47	*109*	591
%	0.3	74.1	3.2		3.7	*81.6*	10.5	8.0	*18.4*	100
Private INR	169	1091	380	-	790	*2430*	183	138	*321*	2751
%	6.1	39.7	13.8		28.7	*88.3*	6.7	5.0	*11.7*	100

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

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