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

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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
State/UT	ANM	RN & RM	LH V	Pharmacists as on 27.03.2019
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?

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

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.

Table 1: Per capita health expenditure

Table 3 : Number of Registered Nurses & Pharmacists

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

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

Table 6 : Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

Table 7 : Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

Table 8 : Percentage breakup of hospitalisation expenses

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