Cost of hospitalization for childbirth in India: how equitable it is in the post-NRHM era?

BMC Research Notes

Table 2 Public health service utilization and impact of out-of-pocket expenditure on households from hospitalization due to childbirth across wealth quintiles in India, 2014

Wealth quintiles	Public health facility utilization	Catastrophic expenditure^a in public facility	Catastrophic expenditure in private facility	Borrowing/sale of assets
1st MPCE	84	13	85	16
2nd MPCE	72	06	75	16
3rd MPCE	63	04	60	16
4th MPCE	55	02	55	12
5th MPCE	34	01	44	8
Overall	64	07	60	15

Weighted analysis done; figures in the table represent percentages;
The household monthly per capita consumption expenditure limits (in USD) for the five quintiles are as follows: first quintile (3–11), second quintile (12–24), third quintile (25–35), fourth quintile (36–52) and the fifth quintile (53–578)
MPCE monthly per capita expenditure
^aExpenditure amounting to more than 10% of annual consumption expenditure is defined as catastrophic

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