Overview
Abstract
The survey on health aims to generate basic quantitative information on the health sector. A vital component is the information relevant to the determination of the prevalence rate of morbidity among various age-sex groups in different regions of the country. Further, measurement of the extent of use of health services provided by the government is an indispensable part of the exercise. Special attention is given to hospitalisation, or medical care received as in-patient of medical institutions. The ailments for which such medical care is sought, the extent of use of government hospitals, and the expenditure incurred on treatment received from public and private sectors, are all to be investigated by the survey. Break-up of expenditure by various heads is to be estimated for expenses on medical care received both as in-patient and otherwise.
Reference period : July 2017-June 2018
Period of survey and work programme: The survey period of the round will be divided into four sub-rounds of three months' duration each as follows:
sub-round 1 : July - September 2017
sub-round 2 : October - December 2017
sub-round 3 : January - March 2018
sub-round 4 : April - June 2018
For the first time in NSS health survey, the data collected will enable assessment of population who are affected by some widespread communicable diseases. Like previous round, data will be collected on alternative schools of medicine as well, which enable to derive the role of these types of medicines inrespective of prevalence of use, cost of treatment and type of ailments covered. Besides, the survey will ascertain the extent of use of private and public hospitals for childbirth, the cost incurred, and the extent of receipt of pre-natal and post-natal care by women who undergo childbirth. Moreover, status of immunisation of children age 0-5 years will be estimated as on date of survey. Finally, information on certain aspects of the condition of the 60-plus population will be obtained which have a bearing on their state of health, economic independence, and degree of isolation. Primarily, indicators on morbidity (proportion of ailing persons during last 15 days), hospitalization rates, the utilization of both public and private health care institutions, proportion of institutional childbirth etc will be attempted to be derived from this survey data with special emphasis on ‘out of pocket expenses’ as well as on access to
government financed health insurance programmes.
Units of Analysis
Randomly selected households based on sampling procedure and members of the household.
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Identification of sample household
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Particulars of field operations
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Household characteristics
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Demographic particulars of household members
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Particulars of former household members who died during the last 365 days
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Particulars of medical treatment received as in-patient of a medical institution during the last 365 days
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Expenses incurred during the last 365 days for treatment of members as in-patient of medical institution
| Expenditure on in-patient | www.mospi.gov.in |
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Particulars of spells of ailment of household members during the last 15 days (hospitalisation and nonhospitalisation cases)
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Expenses incurred during the last 15 days for treatment of members (not as in-patient of medical institution)
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Particulars of economic independence and state of health of persons aged 60 years and above
| Old Age Health | |
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Expenditure on immunisation, if any, during the last 365 days and status of immunisation of children as on date of survey (age 0-5 years)
| Expenditure on Immunization of Children | |
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Particulars of pre-natal and post-natal care for women of age 15-49 years who were pregnant during the last 365 days
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The survey cover's the whole of the Indian Union except except the villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which are difficult to access.
The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household.
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