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Date of Publish: 2020-03-27

Health Profile of India’s Northeast: Per capita expenditure is the highest in Mizoram, lowest in Assam

Data show that in case of percentage share of government hospitals in hospitalisation cases in the major States, Assam tops the chart with government hospitals accounting for 76.7 per cent of hospitalisations in rural areas and 47.7 per cent in urban areas. Private hospitals in the state account for 21.5 per cent hospitalisation in rural areas and 48.3 per cent in urban areas. The figures for charitable Trust/NGO run hospitals are 1.8 per cent in rural areas and 4.0 in urban areas.

All India percentage for government/public hospital is 45.7 in rural areas and 35.3 in urban areas. All India percentage for private hospital is 51.9 in rural areas and 61.4 in urban areas. The figures for charitable Trust/NGO run hospitals are 2.4 per cent in rural areas and 3.3 in urban areas.

Among other north-eastern states, in Tripura, government/public hospitals accounts for the highest percentage of 96.4 per cent hospitalisation in rural areas and in urban areas of the region government/public hospitals in Arunachal Pradesh account for the highest percentage of 91.2.

Assam’s per capita expenditure on health is the lowest among the eight North-eastern states. It is Rs 1546, according to National Health Profile, 2019 published by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. Mizoram accounts for the highest per capita health expenditure of Rs 5862 followed by Arunachal Pradesh with Rs 5177 and Sikkim with Rs 5126.

Table 1: Per capita health expenditure

State

Total State Expenditure on Health (Rs. In Crores)1

Total State Expenditure (Rs. In Crores)

2

Health Expenditure as a % of Total State Expenditure

Population 2015-16 (in Crores)3

GSDP 2015- 16 Current Prices (Rs in Crores)4

Per Capita Health Expenditure (Rs)

Health Expenditure as a % of GSDP

 

(1)

(2)

3=(1)/(2)

(4)

(5)

6@=(1)/(4)

7= (1)/(5)

Assam

4992

70428

7.09 %

3.23

226276

1546

2.21%

Arunachal Pradesh

673

11740

5.73%

0.13

20433

5177

3.29%

Manipur

536

9841

5.45%

0.26

19233

2061

2.79%

Meghalaya

623

9253

6.73%

0.28

25967

2223

2.40%

Mizoram

645

7731

8.34%

0.11

15339

5862

4.20%

Nagaland

588

10156

5.79%

0.24

19816

2450

2.97%

Sikkim

308

5431

5.66%

0.06

16954

5126

1.81%

Tripura

829

12537

6.62%

0.38

34368

2183

2.41%

(Source : National Health Profile, 2019 published by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence)

Table 2 : State wise Number of Doctors Possessing Recognised Medical Qualifications (Under I.M.C Act) Registered With State Medical Councils/Medical Council of India from the year upto 2010 to 2018 (Source: National Health Profile, 2019 published by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence) (As on 31st December of concerned year). Data relating to Meghalaya and Manipur were not provided in the all India table.

State/UT

Up to 2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Total up to 2018

Assam

19147

561

487

529

611

564

661

590

654

23804

Arunachal Pradesh

334

80

12

55

29

108

145

116

94

973

Manipur

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Meghalaya

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mizoram

 

 

0

0

5

15

23

15

16

74

Nagaland

0

0

0

0

0

20

50

21

25

116

Sikkim

608

69

74

73

109

91

138

115

128

1405

Tripura

 

 

0

644

391

236

235

212

NR

1718

( Source : National Health Profile, 2019 published by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence)

 

Table 3 : Number of Registered Nurses & Pharmacists

State/UT

Registered Nurses as on 31/12/2017

Pharmacists as on 27.03.2019

ANM

RN & RM

LH V

Assam

27,925

22,388

353

15,462

Arunachal Pradesh

971

938

15

279

Manipur

3,621

7,835

 

1,273

Meghalaya

1,715

5,540

198

899

Mizoram

2,157

3,634

 

1,313

Nagaland

 

 

 

1,553

Sikkim

39

283

N/A

281

Tripura

2,232

4,140

148

4,747

( Source : National Health Profile, 2019 published by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence)

ANM: Auxilliary Nurse Midwives

RN & RM: Registered Nurses & Registered Midwives

LHV: Lady Health Visitors

Photo courtesy : National Health Mission,Assam facebook page

Table 4: Average medical expenses (Rs.) during hospital stay per case of hospitalization

State

Average medical expenses (Rs.) during hospital stay per case of hospitalization in

 

public hospitals

private hospitals

 

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Assam

4545

7842

28785

71657

Arunachal

Pradesh

3793

4810

13966

23497

Manipur

5932

9051

60361

39541

Meghalaya

1894

7668

14870

35687

Mizoram

5622

7528

19558

47740

Nagaland

4648

5089

13098

19699

Sikkim

3339

2915

24805

19168

Tripura

3314

6077

64017

67139

All-India

4290

4837

27347

38822

( Source : Key Indicators of Social Consumption in India: Health; NSS 75th Round July 2017 to June 2018, released in November 2019)

Table 5 : Percentage break-up of hospitalization expenses incurred for treatment during stay at hospital, by state, separately for public and private hospitals in each sector

Type of hospital: Public

Sector: Rural

State

Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

 

Package component

Doctor’s/

Surgeon’s fee

medicine

Diagnostic

tests

Bed charges

other

Total

Assam

10.0

4.7

44.2

22.2

2.8

16.0

100.0

Arunachal

Pradesh

4.7

3.0

53.9

19.2

4.6

14.6

100.0

Manipur

1.9

0.9

69.0

19.4

1.0

7.7

100.0

Meghalaya

13.8

1.6

60.6

9.3

0.8

13.9

100.0

Mizoram

22.1

5.2

56.7

10.8

0.0

5.2

100.0

Nagaland

22.9

12.5

34.3

11.4

7.2

11.7

100.0

Sikkim

7.7

0.0

50.8

18.0

0.0

23.6

100.0

Tripura

0.1

1.6

71.8

23.1

0.4

3.0

100.0

All-India

9.9

4.0

51.8

18.6

2.7

12.9

100.0

(Source : Key Indicators of Social Consumption in India: Health; NSS 75th Round July 2017 to June 2018, released in November 2019)

Table 6 : Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

Type of hospital: Private

Sector: Rural

State

Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

 

Package component

Doctor’s/

Surgeon’s fee

medicine

Diagnostic

tests

Bed charges

other

Total

Assam

38.9

17.0

20.6

8.6

8.5

6.4

100.0

Arunachal

Pradesh

18.9

11.1

23.6

14.8

18.0

13.6

100.0

Manipur

86.6

2.5

5.2

3.2

2.1

0.4

100.0

Meghalaya

43.8

17.0

13.2

7.5

12.6

5.9

100.0

Mizoram

41.8

16.3

23.6

7.1

5.6

5.6

100.0

Nagaland

26.3

15.5

21.6

11.6

15.4

9.5

100.0

Sikkim

45.9

16.9

10.8

5.7

10.2

10.5

100.0

Tripura

74.3

4.6

10.3

5.9

3.4

1.6

100.0

All-India

24.2

19.5

24.9

10.2

12.3

8.7

100.0

Table 7 : Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

Type of hospital : Public

Sector: Urban

State

Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

 

Package component

Doctor’s/

Surgeon’s fee

medicine

Diagnostic

tests

Bed charges

other

Total

Assam

13.7

2.3

39.5

20.0

2.9

21.7

100.0

Arunachal

Pradesh

0.8

3.8

60.1

18.0

6.1

11.1

100.0

Manipur

1.0

0.2

70.3

17.7

1.6

9.3

100.0

Meghalaya

20.1

1.4

55.8

11.8

3.4

7.6

100.0

Mizoram

10.3

1.8

63.0

14.1

1.0

9.7

100.0

Nagaland

19.2

7.8

41.3

12.2

4.6

14.9

100.0

Sikkim

2.0

0.0

72.9

11.5

0.3

13.3

100.0

Tripura

12.3

3.0

56.4

19.5

1.6

7.2

100.0

All-India

17.9

4.1

43.4

15.9

3.1

15.6

100.0

 

Table 8 : Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

Type of hospital: Private

Sector: Urban

State

Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

 

Package component

Doctor’s/

Surgeon’s fee

medicine

Diagnostic

tests

Bed charges

other

Total

Assam

55.2

9.9

13.1

7.1

5.8

8.8

100.0

Arunachal

Pradesh

0.3

18.6

34.7

14.7

18.1

13.7

100.0

Manipur

67.4

9.3

11.5

2.9

7.6

1.2

100.0

Meghalaya

61.6

8.2

11.4

5.1

8.8

5.0

100.0

Mizoram

18.1

17.5

37.0

9.5

12.7

5.2

100.0

Nagaland

42.5

10.4

18.8

7.9

12.7

7.8

100.0

Sikkim

34.9

22.4

11.3

9.2

11.1

11.0

100.0

Tripura

37.6

26.3

15.3

9.9

4.8

6.1

100.0

All-India

39.6

16.2

18.1

8.8

10.8

6.6

100.0?

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