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Table 4 Disease burden and health seeking behavior in elderly during hospitalization and out-patient care in India

From: Equity and elderly health in India: reflections from 75th round National Sample Survey, 2017–18, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

  Hospitalization Out-patient care
Diseases burden during hospitalization Share of hospitalization episodes treated under public sector Diseases burden in out-patient care Share of out-patient care treated under public sector
Infection 16.6 48.3 10.0 33.5
Cancers 4.6 52.8 0.5 55.8
Blood diseases 0.9 46.8 0.9 15.3
Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional (includes diabetes) 5.3 40.3 22.5 35.5
Psychiatric and Neurological 8.2 36.8 4.4 28.2
Genito-urinary 5.3 27.8 1.0 33.9
Eye 8.4 37.8 1.5 47.5
Ear 0.2 36.4 0.4 35.6
Cardio-vascular (includes hypertension) 18.1 37.7 32.0 33.4
Respiratory 7.8 45.3 7.3 37.5
Gastro-Intestinal 7.5 36.7 2.6 30.3
Skin 0.7 50.3 0.9 22.7
Musculo-skeletal 6.2 34.8 13.9 33.0
Injuries 7.9 34.9 0.7 31.1
Others 2.4 31.4 1.6 15.3
Total 100.0 39.8 100.0 33.6
  1. Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 75th Round 2017–18