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Table 3 Per episode mean outpatient (15 days) and inpatient (365 days) expenditure (INR@) for various NCD’s with and without multimorbidity in the matched sample

From: Multimorbidity, healthcare use and catastrophic health expenditure by households in India: a cross-section analysis of self-reported morbidity from national sample survey data 2017–18

  

Excluding deaths

Including deaths

  

Outpatient

hospitalization

Outpatient

hospitalization

  

N

OOP (INR)

N

OOP (INR)

N

OOP (INR)

N

OOP (INR)

Cancer

Single morbidity

260

4,349

627

1,20,271

261

4,349

804

120,726

Multimorbidity

95

1,837

87

72,091

96

2,374

96

74,200

 

Difference$

 

-2,511**

 

-48,180*

 

-1,975*

 

-46,526*

Diabetes

Single morbidity

4,068

802

1,344

26,600

4,068

802

1,381

26,622

Multimorbidity

3,380

639

2,027

48,422

3,381

655

2,032

48,393

 

Difference$

 

-163***

 

21,822***

 

-147***

 

21,772***

Hypertension

Single morbidity

3,746

538

1,206

20,358

3,746

538

1,245

20,397

Multimorbidity

3,774

559

2,150

43,878

3,774

558

2,153

43,876

 

Difference$

 

21

 

23,520***

 

20

 

23,479***

Cardiovascular

Single morbidity

1,228

1,417

2,672

69,792

1,229

1,417

2,904

69,587

Multimorbidity

1,514

750

1,174

59,474

1,514

750

1,181

59,821

 

Difference$

 

-667***

 

-10,318***

 

-666***

 

-9,766**

Neurologic disorders

Single morbidity

586

1,441

1,220

48,216

586

1,441

1,353

48,226

Multimorbidity

532

937

517

54,946

534

935

523

55,170

 

Difference$

 

-504***

 

6,730

 

-507***

 

6,944

Genitourinary disorders

Single morbidity

304

1,841

1,708

40,264

304

1,841

1,766

40,483

Multimorbidity

537

1,126

541

60,202

537

1,126

543

60,447

 

Difference$

 

-715***

 

19,938***

 

-715***

 

19,964***

Any NCD

Single morbidity

15,757

880

17,127

39,662

15,759

880

18,023

39,900

 

Multimorbidity

5,944

712

3,954

47,943

5,947

720

3,976

48,156

 

Difference$

 

-168***

 

8,281***

 

-160***

 

8,256***

  1. Notes: @ 1 US $-63.8 INR as of 1st January 2018; N is number of episodes; $ = ( multi-single)
  2. Source: Authors’ estimates using SCH 2017–18
  3. *p < 0.01
  4. **p < 0.05
  5. ***p < 0.005
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