Percent distribution of households by the source of health care that household members generally use when they get sick, according to residence and the wealth index, India, 2005-06 | | Residence | Wealth Index | | Source | Urban
| Rural | Lowest | Second | Middle | Fourth | Highest | Total | Public medical sector
| 29.6 | 36.8 | 39.4 | 37.1 | 39.0 | 33.9 | 22.6 | 34.4 | | Government/municipal hospital | 22.6 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 13.4 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 15.5 | | Government dispensary | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | | UHC/UHP/UFWC | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | | CHC/rural hospital/PHC | 4.2
| 20.5 | 24.3 | 20.0 | 16.8 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 15.1 | | Sub-centre | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | | Anganwadi/ICDS centre | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | | Government mobile clinic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Other public medical sector | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | | NGO or trust hospital/clinic | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | | Private medical sector | 69.5 | 62.5 | 59.9 | 62.2 | 60.4 | 65.3 | 76.4 | 64.8 | | Private hospital | 20.5 | 13.8 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 26.6 | 16.0 | Private doctor/clinic
| 45.9 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 37.9 | 35.4 | 40.4 | 47.5 | 39.5 | | Private paramedic | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | | Vaidya/hakim/homeopath | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | | Traditional healer | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | | Pharmacy/drugstore | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | | Dai (TBA) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Other private medical sector | 1.4 | 9.8 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 7.1 | | Other source | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | | Shop | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Home treatment | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | | Other | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | | Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | Number of households | 35,579 | 73,462 | 22,497 | 21,617 | 21,652 | 21,370 | 21,905 | 109,041 | Source: NFHS-3
UHC = Urban health centre; UHP = Urban health post; UFWC = Urban family welfare centre; CHC = Community health centre; PHC = Primary Health Centre; ICDS = Integrated Child Development Services; NGO = Nongovernmental organization; TBA = Traditional birth attendant |
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