Did the poor gain from India’s health policy interventions? Evidence from benefit-incidence analysis, 2004–2018

Selvaraj, Sakthivel; Karan, Anup K.; Mao, Wenhui; Hasan, Habib; Bharali, Ipchita; Kumar, Preeti; Ogbuoji, Osondu; Chaudhuri, Chetana

doi:10.1186/s12939-021-01489-0

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Percentage of maternity care shared by the poorest 20% and the richest 20% population groups and concentration indices in 2004 and 2018

From: Did the poor gain from India’s health policy interventions? Evidence from benefit-incidence analysis, 2004–2018

Quintile Groups	2004				2018
Quintile Groups	HF States	HFNE States	Other States	All states	HF States	HFNE States	Other States	All states
Pre-natal care in Public Facilities
Poorest 20%	22.38	23.35	28.5	24.91	28.61	25.22	29.33	26.87
Richest 20%	14.72	21.17	8.93	16.34	13.5	9.97	7.75	12.47
CI	− 0.022	0.001	−0.174	− 0.090	− 0.126	− 0.073	−0.241	− 0.212
SE	0.021	0.051	0.017	0.012	0.013	0.027	0.014	0.008
Pre-natal care in Private Facilities
Poorest 20%	16.85	18.86	13.34	17.11	17.14	8.53	16.79	14.31
Richest 20%	24.99	36.52	24.18	22.67	30.11	36.17	22.61	25.36
CI	0.073	0.197	0.138	0.114	0.153	0.354	0.073	0.146
SE	0.025	0.103	0.021	0.017	0.024	0.053	0.016	0.013
Institutional delivery in Public Facilities
Poorest 20%	17.49	18.98	26.41	22.43	29.61	23.05	29.46	27.5
Richest 20%	21.61	14.69	7.63	12.98	12.36	10.27	6.64	12.26
CI	0.104	0.042	−0.193	−0.034	−0.142	−0.050	−0.258	−0.221
SE	0.042	0.069	0.021	0.019	0.012	0.026	0.010	0.007
Institutional delivery in Private Facilities
Poorest 20%	11.97	17.39	13.61	14.72	17.3	12.9	16.42	15.29
Richest 20%	37.88	32.67	25.11	27.87	32.86	49.15	23.61	27.07
CI	0.286	0.068	0.183	0.261	0.176	0.370	0.092	0.164
SE	0.037	0.185	0.024	0.020	0.024	0.061	0.014	0.012
Post-natal care in Public Facilities
Poorest 20%	22.04	28.83	29.65	26.31	26.82	25	29.48	27.24
Richest 20%	16.74	13.8	8.93	14.04	17	10.27	6.27	11.96
CI	−0.035	−0.072	− 0.215	− 0.119	− 0.142	−0.063	− 0.250	−0.218
SE	0.031	0.074	0.022	0.017	0.012	0.027	0.012	0.008
Post-natal care in Private Facilities
Poorest 20%	26.46	30.12	18.84	24.91	29.21	13.24	16.6	15.79
Richest 20%	17.27	15.72	20.37	17.04	12.95	44.1	24.28	26.25
CI	−0.069	−0.129	0.066	−0.037	0.129	0.300	0.086	0.135
SE	0.025	0.126	0.028	0.020	0.022	0.068	0.014	0.012

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