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Table 4 MPCE Class wise per-episode OOP Expenditure on Medicine in 2014 (in INR)

From: Health financing strategies to reduce out-of-pocket burden in India: a comparative study of three states

MPCE Class

TN

RAJ

WB

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

P

64.72

3937.05

1264.77

2766.55

3438.17

3576.45

LM

72.12

5561.21

2132.33

3836.96

2551.06

2058.38

UM

320.19

3808.41

1641.08

4976.74

1718.48

2862.76

R

524.40

6978.39

3549.75

5602.23

2356.55

5370.90

All

196.87

5139.63

1987.81

4524.98

2530.77

3692.13

  1. Note: P-poorest, LM-lower middle, UM-upper middle, R-richest
  2. Source: Authors’ estimation based on NSS 71st round data
  3. The italics numbers in the tables signify the maximum
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