Hospitalisation trends in India from serial cross-sectional nationwide surveys: 1995 to 2014.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:We report hospitalisation trends for different age groups across the states of India and for various disease groups, compare the hospitalisation trends among the older (aged 60 years or more) and the younger (aged under 60 years) population and quantify the factors that contribute to the change in hospitalisation rates of the older population over two decades. DESIGN:Serial cross-sectional study. SETTING:Nationally representative sample, India. DATA SOURCES:Three consecutive National Sample Surveys (NSS) on healthcare utilisation in 1995-1996, 2004 and 2014. PARTICIPANTS:Six hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and five individuals in NSS 1995-1996, 385 055 in NSS 2004 and 335 499 in NSS 2014. METHODS:Descriptive statistics, multivariable analyses and a regression deco

SUBMITTER: Pandey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770834 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature