Benefit incidence analysis in public health facilities in India: utilization and benefits at the national and state levels

Table 1 Out-of-Pocket Spending on Government and Private Services and Government Unit Costs for Specific Services

Type of Service	Type of Expenditure	Mean of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure per Visit and Public Unit Cost (Rupees)	Percent of Individuals Utilizing Care with Out-of-Pocket Expenditure
Outpatient	Total OOP	869.40	93%
	Public OOP	605.33	84%
	Private OOP	971.25	97%
	Unit Cost of Government Service	2472.92	–
Inpatient	Total OOP	17,081.91	99%
	Public OOP	6922.64	99%
	Private OOP	26,368.66	99%
	Unit Cost	7362.41	–
Delivery	Total OOP	5128.66	89%
	Public OOP	3067.05^a	87%
	Private OOP	8371.54	98%
	Unit Cost Primary Level Facility	2472.92	–
	Unit Cost Hospital	7362.41	–

^a This is an average of primary OOP (2462.50) and hospital OOP (3221.30) for deliveries

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