Understanding equity of institutional delivery in public health centre by level of care in India: an assessment using benefit incidence analysis

Table 2 Percent distribution of mothers who paid and did not pay for institutional delivery by wealth quintile and type of health centres in India, 2015–16

Wealth Quintile	Sub-centres, PHC, UHC & Others^a			Government/Municipal, Rural Hospital			Any public health facility			Private health facility			Overall
Wealth Quintile	Paid (%)	Didn’t pay (%)	N	Paid (%)	Didn’t pay (%)	N	Paid (%)	Didn’t pay (%)	N	Paid (%)	Didn’t pay (%)	N	Paid (%)	Didn’t pay (%)	N
Poorest	79.8	20.2	5792	84.4	15.6	18,726	83.4	16.6	24,518	90.8	9.2	3223	84.4	15.6	27,741
Poorer	76.0	24.0	5731	82.1	17.9	20,904	80.9	19.1	26,635	92.6	7.4	5167	83.2	16.8	31,802
Middle	75.5	24.5	4231	78.3	21.7	19,822	77.8	22.2	24,053	92.5	7.5	7838	82.3	17.7	31,891
Richer	70.8	29.2	2511	76.8	23.2	16,165	75.9	24.1	18,676	91.5	8.6	11,149	82.9	17.1	29,825
Richest	70.2	29.8	1161	71.8	28.2	10,572	71.6	28.4	11,733	91.0	9.0	15,653	84.2	15.9	27,386
Total	75.9	24.1	19,426	79.5	20.5	86,189	78.9	21.1	105,615	91.6	8.5	43,030	83.3	16.7	148,645

^aOthers include additional Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Urban Health Post (UHP), Urban Family Welfare Centre (UFWC), Public sector health facility

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