The Challenges Confronting Public Hospitals in India, Their Origins, and Possible Solutions

Table 9

Average medical expenditure (Rs) per hospitalization and nonhospitalization case.

Type of hospital	Expenditure per hospitalization; case (Rs)				Expenditure per nonhospitalization; case (Rs)
	Rural		Urban		Rural	Urban
	2004	1995-96	2004	1995-96	2004	2004
Government hospital	3,238	2,080	3,877	2,195	11	7
Private hospital	7,408	4,300	11,553	5,344	246	299
Any hospital	5,695	3,202	8,851	3,921	—	—

Source: GOI, 2006 [6], Statements 28 and 32.