Where people actually go for care: public vs private shares

Provenance

Publisher: NSS 75th Round (2017-18) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), via PRS DFG 2025-26
Source: NSS 75th Round (2017-18) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), via PRS DFG 2025-26
Data covers: 2017-18 (NSS); 2019-21 (NFHS-5)
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Licence: see source
Redistributable: unknown
Verified by: IHMR Labs

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Used in IHMR-RSCH-001.

The data

indicator	value_pct	source_period
Hospitalisation cases in private hospitals (excl. childbirth)	55	NSS 75th, 2017-18
Hospitalisation cases in government hospitals	42	NSS 75th, 2017-18
Hospitalisation cases in charitable trust/NGO hospitals	3	NSS 75th, 2017-18
Hospitalisation in public hospitals - rural	46	NSS 75th, 2017-18
Hospitalisation in public hospitals - urban	35	NSS 75th, 2017-18
Outpatient (OPD) cases in private hospitals/clinics	66	NSS 75th, 2017-18
Households not generally using government health facilities	50	NFHS-5, 2019-21

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