Out‐of‐pocket expenditure for health care: District level estimates for Haryana state in India

Shankar Prinja, Gunjeet Kaur, Rakesh Gupta, Saroj Kumar Rana and Arun Kumar Aggarwal

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2019, vol. 34, issue 1, 277-293

Abstract: Introduction In this paper, we present district level out‐of‐pocket (OOP) expenditures with respect to outpatient consultation within last 15 days and hospitalization in last 1 year for Haryana state. Methods The data from a large cross‐sectional household survey covering all 21 districts of Haryana comprising of randomly selected 79 742 households were analyzed. Of the total sample, 56 056 households consisting of 314 639 individuals in 21 districts of Haryana state were surveyed to gather information on OOP expenditure incurred on outpatient consultation within last 15 days. Similarly, 59 901 households and 324 977 respondents were interviewed to elicit OOP expenditures for any hospitalization during the 1 year preceding the survey. Mean OOP expenditure per OP consultation, per hospitalization as well as per capita were computed. Mean OOP expenditure was also estimated by the type of provider, gender, and district. Results The mean OOP expenditure for OP consultation and hospitalization in Haryana was Indian National Rupees (INR) 1005 (US Dollar [USD] 16.1; 95% CI: INR 934‐1076) and INR 22 489 (USD 360.0; 95% CI: INR 21 375‐23 608), respectively. Mean per capita OOP expenditure for OP consultation, which was INR 85 (USD 1.3) in Haryana, varied from INR 595 (USD 9.5) in district Panipat to INR 29 (USD 0.5) in district Kaithal. Conclusion This is the first study to comprehensively present district level estimates for OOP expenditure for health care. These estimates are useful for policy planning, and preparation for district and state health accounts.

Date: 2019
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