Does equity in healthcare spending exist among Indian states? Explaining regional variations from national sample survey data

Table 2 Interstate differentials in mean OOPE by residence, economic status, religion and social group

	Categories of states
Covariates	Category A	Category B	Category C	All India
Residence
Rural	112.82	56.93	27.01	57.02
Urban	142.71	92.35	51.9	84.86
(Ratio Urban/Rural)	1.26	1.62	1.92	1.49
Economic status
Poorest	19.60	19.75	16.28	18.68
Second poorest	47.92	46.25	28.51	43.22
Middle	72.15	71.92	42.20	67.96
Second Richest	123.27	94.98	62.88	97.26
Richest	286.23	230.94	185.60	246.27
(Ratio Richest/Poorest)	14.60	11.69	11.40	13.19
Religious affiliation
Muslims	99.44	60.55	20.70	58.52
Non-Muslims (Including all others)	112.16	65.00	31.73	64.96
(Ratio Non-Muslims/Muslims)	1.13	1.07	1.53	1.11
Social group
ST	51.20	31.40	24.86	31.00
SC	64.54	60.94	27.67	55.67
OBC	128.26	64.60	34.40	66.00
Others	132.28	73.57	29.02	77.65
(Ratio Others/ST)	2.58	2.34	1.17	2.50

Source: Compiled from NSS CES Report (2009–10); computed by author using the unit level data records of CES 2009–10

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