Table 1 Inpatient Characteristics of Spatial Mobility for Medical Treatment in the Last 365 Days by Disease Type, Medical Factors, and Socio-demographic Factors.
From: Understanding patients' mobility for treatment seeking in India
Variables | Mobility | Chi-2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Total sample | P value | ||
Nature of diseases* | Infectious | 88.7 | 11.3 | 9790 | < 0.001 |
CVDs | 76.81 | 23.19 | 7685 | ||
NCDs | 76.55 | 23.45 | 13,662 | ||
Disability | 75.79 | 24.21 | 5832 | ||
Others | 86.78 | 13.22 | 20,091 | ||
Injuries | 82.04 | 17.96 | 7719 | ||
Insurance | No | 82.35 | 17.65 | 48,257 | 0.052 |
Yes | 82.78 | 17.22 | 14,081 | ||
Type of hospital | Govt | 85.97 | 14.03 | 29,721 | < 0.001 |
NGO/Charity | 70.46 | 29.54 | 1722 | ||
Pvt | 79.79 | 20.21 | 33,336 | ||
Duration of stay | Up to 2 days | 88.94 | 11.06 | 16,701 | < 0.001 |
Up to 1w | 84.21 | 15.79 | 33,494 | ||
More than 1w | 69.92 | 30.08 | 14,584 | ||
Cost of medicine | Not received | 88.24 | 11.76 | 242 | < 0.001 |
Free/partly free | 86.47 | 13.53 | 22,633 | ||
On payment | 79.72 | 20.28 | 41,904 | ||
Cost of surgery | Not received | 85.39 | 14.61 | 48,282 | < 0.001 |
Free/partly free | 74.9 | 25.1 | 4929 | ||
On payment | 71.55 | 28.45 | 11,568 | ||
Cost of X-ray/ECG/EEG | Not received | 91.22 | 8.78 | 8204 | < 0.001 |
Free/partly free | 82.34 | 17.66 | 12,687 | ||
On payment | 80.29 | 19.71 | 43,888 | ||
Cost of other tests | Not received | 90.25 | 9.75 | 4908 | < 0.001 |
Free/partly free | 85.25 | 14.75 | 17,901 | ||
On payment | 79.82 | 20.18 | 41,970 | ||
Free advice | No | 79.76 | 20.24 | 33,118 | < 0.001 |
yes | 84.9 | 15.1 | 31,661 | ||
Social group | ST | 81.02 | 18.98 | 6,991 | < 0.001 |
SC | 82.28 | 17.72 | 10,404 | ||
OBC | 81.96 | 18.04 | 25,159 | ||
Others | 83.49 | 16.51 | 19,784 | ||
Religion | Hinduism | 82.01 | 17.99 | 47,282 | < 0.001 |
Islam | 83.75 | 16.25 | 8422 | ||
Christianity | 87.7 | 12.3 | 4062 | ||
Others | 81.68 | 18.32 | 2572 | ||
Usual Monthly per cap. Cons. Exp | Poorer | 83.83 | 16.17 | 8200 | < 0.001 |
Poor | 82.97 | 17.03 | 8892 | ||
Middle | 79.99 | 20.01 | 11,029 | ||
Rich | 83.02 | 16.98 | 13,598 | ||
Richer | 82.67 | 17.33 | 20,619 | ||
Age (in years) | Up to 14 | 85.87 | 14.13 | 11,204 | < 0.001 |
15–59 | 82.09 | 17.91 | 39,722 | ||
Above 60 | 79.29 | 20.71 | 13,853 | ||
Place of residence | Rural | 79.39 | 20.61 | 35,982 | < 0.001 |
Urban | 87.03 | 12.97 | 28,797 | ||
Gender | Male | 80.74 | 19.26 | 33,090 | < 0.001 |
Female | 84.35 | 15.65 | 29,248 | ||
Marital status | Never married | 85.6 | 14.4 | 18,493 | < 0.001 |
Currently married | 80.93 | 19.07 | 36,861 | ||
Widow/divorced | 82.78 | 17.22 | 6984 | ||
Levels of education | Non-literate | 80.76 | 19.24 | 18,651 | < 0.001 |
Primary and below | 84.32 | 15.68 | 16,403 | ||
Upper Primary | 83.18 | 16.82 | 8366 | ||
Secondary | 82.09 | 17.91 | 8238 | ||
HS and above | 82.39 | 17.61 | 10,680 | ||
