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Table 5 MPCE Class & Sector wise per-episode OOP Expenditure on Medicine at Public Hospital in 2014 (in INR)

From: Health financing strategies to reduce out-of-pocket burden in India: a comparative study of three states

MPCE

TN

RAJ

WB

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

P

69.70

60.20

1234.00

1355.00

3749.00

2660.00

LM

60.80

91.70

2166.00

2085.00

2682.00

2373.00

UM

199.50

520.40

1332.00

5038.00

1430.00

2596.00

R

325.40

951.40

2721.00

6209.00

2336.00

2470.00

All

145.10

274.10

1741.00

3117.00

2533.00

2527.00

  1. Note: P-poorest, LM-lower middle, UM-upper middle, R-richest
  2. Source: Authors’ estimation based on NSS 71st round data
  3. The italics numbers in the tables signify the maximum