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

Table 3 Utilization rate, out-of-pocket payment (OOP in US$), and benefit incidence on institutional delivery by wealth quintile and level of care in India, 2015–16

Type of public health centre	Quintile	Number people utilizing public health service (1)	Utilization Rate (2)	Median OOP in public health service in US$ (3)	Median cost of service in private health centre in US$ (4)	Net subsidy at public health centre in US$ (5 = 4–3)	Individual Subsidy Benefit (6 = 5*2)	Benefit Incidence (7)	N
Primary: Sub-centre, PHC, UHC, & others^a	Poorest	6189	0.319	12	161	150	48	32.29	26,241
	Poorer	5323	0.274	15	161	147	40	27.23	24,845
	Middle	3986	0.205	15	161	147	30	20.39	22,533
	Richer	2612	0.134	15	161	147	20	13.36	18,983
	Richest	1316	0.068	15	161	147	10	6.73	13,013
		19,426					148		105,615
Secondary: Government/ Municipal, Rural Hospital	Poorest	20,052	0.233	15	161	147	34	23.63	26,241
	Poorer	19,522	0.227	18	161	144	33	22.55	24,845
	Middle	18,547	0.215	18	161	143	31	21.31	22,533
	Richer	16,371	0.190	19	161	142	27	18.72	18,983
	Richest	11,697	0.136	15	161	147	20	13.79	13,013
		86,189					144		105,615
Any public health centre	Poorest	26,241	0.248	15	161	147	36	25.10	29,729
	Poorer	24,845	0.235	16	161	145	34	23.53	29,729
	Middle	22,533	0.213	18	161	144	31	21.12	29,729
	Richer	18,983	0.180	18	161	144	26	17.80	29,729
	Richest	13,013	0.123	15	161	147	18	12.45	29,729
		105,615					145		148,645

^aOthers include additional Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Urban Health Post (UHP), Urban Family Welfare Centre (UFWC), Public sector health facility; 1 US $ = INR 68.22

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