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

Table 5 Average monthly per capita medical institutional (In Rs.), non-institutional and total health expenditure by rural and urban areas of major Indian states, CES 2009-10

States	Rural			Urban			All India
	Per capita institutional expenditure	Per capita non-institutional expenditure	Per capita total health expenditure	Per capita institutional expenditure	Per capita non-institutional expenditure	Per capita total health expenditure	Per capita institutional expenditure	Per capita non-institutional expenditure	Per capita total health expenditure
J & K	29	37	66	9	41	50	24	38	62
Himachal Pradesh	32	58	90	41	74	115	33	59	92
Punjab	59	85	144	35	87	123	51	86	136
Chandigarh	0	26	26	50	79	129	43	71	113
Uttaranchal	19	49	68	37	61	98	24	52	76
Haryana	33	50	83	27	52	79	31	50	82
Delhi	0	19	19	25	30	55	23	29	53
Rajasthan	15	33	48	20	53	73	16	38	54
Uttar Pradesh	18	46	64	20	55	74	18	48	66
Bihar	3	23	26	9	44	53	4	25	29
Sikkim	2	10	12	1	16	17	1	11	13
Arunachala Pradesh	16	26	42	27	38	66	18	28	47
Nagaland	2	11	13	2	12	14	2	11	14
Manipur	4	15	19	7	18	25	5	15	21
Mizoram	2	16	18	6	28	33	4	21	25
Tripura	14	42	57	24	97	121	16	51	67
Meghalaya	5	15	20	7	27	34	5	17	22
Assam	4	15	19	8	29	37	4	16	20
West Bengal	12	36	48	45	90	136	20	49	69
Jharkhand	7	21	28	8	35	42	7	24	31
Orissa	6	28	34	22	47	69	8	31	39
Chhattisgarh	5	25	31	25	37	62	9	27	36
Madhya Pradesh	9	35	44	22	61	84	12	41	54
Gujarat	28	20	48	65	55	120	42	33	75
D & D	5	10	15	14	14	28	9	12	21
Dadra and Nagra Haveli	0	2	2	7	4	11	2	2	4
Maharashtra	32	46	78	55	81	136	42	60	102
Andhra Pradesh	18	45	63	28	71	99	21	52	73
Karnataka	10	28	38	28	50	78	16	36	52
Goa	23	86	109	39	75	114	27	83	110
Lakshadweep	57	17	73	64	25	89	60	21	82
Kerala	70	109	179	78	120	198	72	112	184
Tamil Nadu	20	50	71	28	76	105	24	62	86
Pondicherry	19	77	96	23	103	126	22	94	116
Andaman and Nicobar	25	9	34	81	28	109	46	16	63
India	18	39	57	34	65	99	22	46	68

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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