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AHMEDABAD: The National Statistics Office (NSO) report ‘Health in India’ based on 75th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) in 2017-18 revealed that 85.3% in urban areas of Gujarat and 87.3% in rural areas had no health cover.
In the wake of the pandemic, healthcare and expenditure on hospitalization has again come under sharp focus, especially in cities like Ahmedabad and Surat where a high number of patients are also getting admitted in private hospitals.
In urban areas, 4.1% of the patients availed government-sponsored schemes, whereas 3.5% had employerprovided health cover. Only 7.1% got health policy from insurance companies. In rural Gujarat, 11.2% availed government schemes, 0.7% got covered by employers and only 0.8% got policy.
The figures are important in the light of the fact that 70.3% respondents in urban and 53.6% in rural areas mentioned that they got hospitalized in private facilities. The share of hospitalization in government-run facilities was 21.3% and 40.1% respectively in urban and rural areas. The rest of the patients went to charity/ institution-run subsidized hospitals.
Gujarat’s share of 70.3% of private hospitalization in urban areas was fifth highest among states in India and much higher than the national average of 61.4%. Cumulatively, 62% patients went to private hospitals, 31.1% in government hospitals and 7.3% in charity/trust-run hospitals in Gujarat.
The survey mentioned that 22.2% of total respondents mentioned received free medical treatment. The average hospitalization expenditure in private set-ups in rural and urban areas was Rs 25,027 and Rs 29,281.
In the wake of the pandemic, healthcare and expenditure on hospitalization has again come under sharp focus, especially in cities like Ahmedabad and Surat where a high number of patients are also getting admitted in private hospitals.
In urban areas, 4.1% of the patients availed government-sponsored schemes, whereas 3.5% had employerprovided health cover. Only 7.1% got health policy from insurance companies. In rural Gujarat, 11.2% availed government schemes, 0.7% got covered by employers and only 0.8% got policy.
The figures are important in the light of the fact that 70.3% respondents in urban and 53.6% in rural areas mentioned that they got hospitalized in private facilities. The share of hospitalization in government-run facilities was 21.3% and 40.1% respectively in urban and rural areas. The rest of the patients went to charity/ institution-run subsidized hospitals.
Gujarat’s share of 70.3% of private hospitalization in urban areas was fifth highest among states in India and much higher than the national average of 61.4%. Cumulatively, 62% patients went to private hospitals, 31.1% in government hospitals and 7.3% in charity/trust-run hospitals in Gujarat.
The survey mentioned that 22.2% of total respondents mentioned received free medical treatment. The average hospitalization expenditure in private set-ups in rural and urban areas was Rs 25,027 and Rs 29,281.
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