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Table 2 Per capita health expenditure (Rs) by household's level of health care need, type of illness episode, categorized by caste

From: Social class related inequalities in household health expenditure and economic burden: evidence from Kerala, south India

 

Paniya

Other ST/SC

OBC

FC

All castes

Health care need

     

Low

(N = 181)

35

[23, 43]

143

[97,163]

260

[221,281]

449

[338,512]

247

[192,278]

High

(N = 284)

45

[27,56]

290

[266,305]

583

[428,687]

780

[666,854]

513

[415,576]

Very high

(N = 78)

77

[34,89]

255

[232,257]

581

[550,593]

1085

[952,1168]

819

[808,824]

Type of episode

     

Acute

(N = 4408)

32

[24, 39]

162

[128,192]

258

[217,295]

414

[347,474]

263

[220,301]

Chronic

(N = 430)

11

[3, 18]

89

[57,116]

242

[112,357]

387

[273,491]

233

[142,313]

ALL

43

[32,53]

251

[221,277]

501

[386,602]

801

[695,897]

496

[415,567]

  1. Note: Figures in the parentheses are sample sizes. Figures in the brackets are 95% confidence intervals.
  2. Source: Wayanad panel surveys