The average expenditure for treatment of hospitalized patients in Delhi has been estimated at Rs 24,952 per patient in Delhi which is lower than Rs 26,455 per patient, the national average.
In a report ‘Social Consumption on Health in Delhi’ brought out by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics of Delhi Government, the average number of per thousand ailing persons was estimated at 48 in Rural and 50 in Urban areas of Delhi as compared to 89 in Rural and 118 in Urban at national level. The report is based on the result of National Samples Survey 72st Round on Health and Morbidity carried out during January – June, 2014.
Releasing the data, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia pointed out that the number of per thousand ailing recorded in Delhi was much lower than neighboring states.
“The number of per thousand ailing persons in urban areas of Haryana is 75, Pubjab 170, Himachal 51, J & K 41, Rajasthan 83, Uttar Pradesh 91 and Gujarat 103,” informed Sisodia.
He stated that the rate of hospitalization (including child birth) per thousand population was 41 in Urban Delhi which is also lower than the national average of 49, thereby indicating relatively better health profile in urban Delhi. The comparative figures of per thousand hospitalized cases in urban areas of Punjab were 40, Haryana 50, Himachal 33, J&K 37, Rajasthan 43 and Uttar Pradesh 40.
He further informed that against Rs 24, 952 average expenditure incurred for treatment per
hospitalized case (excluding child birth) it was Rs 31, 978 in Punjab, Haryana Rs 35, 217, Himachal Pradesh Rs 31, 160 and Uttar Pradesh Rs 33, 402. According to the report the share of total hospitalization cases (excluding Child Birth) in urban Delhi reported in Public hospitals accounted for 51.4 percent as against 32 percent at the national level.
The percentage share for in treatment of hospitalization cases in urban areas of other states namely, Haryana 18.3 percent, Himachal 71.8 percent, J&K 85.4 percent, Punjab 30.2 percent, Rajasthan 54.4 percent and UP 28.3 percent.