Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

Subrata Mukherjee ¹

Affiliations
1 International Health Unit, University of Montreal, 3875 Rue Saint-Urbain, Montreal H2W 1V1, CA

Abstract

This paper examines economic-status related inequalities in the utilisation of inpatient care for major Indian states using the central sample of NSS 52nd round data. Kerala shows the lowest inequality compared to other major Indian states. In the urban sector there seems to be a negative relationship between average rate of inpatient care utilisation and inequality in the utilisation of inpatient care. Exploration of other related factors suggests that lower availability of government hospitals and higher incidence of poverty could be some of the possible factors contributing to higher inequality in the utilisation of inpatient care.

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