The scenario of Diversification of Disability and Health Care among older (60+) Population in India

Sunita Patel, Manas Ranjan Pradhan, Surendra Kumar Patel

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Disability among elderly is serious challenges for a country that affect the individual, family, and the society. The objective of this study is to understand disability prevalence by selected characteristics, access to the health facility and the care providers to older disabled people in India. The study used the data from Census of India 2011, and SAGE Wave-1 (2007) data of India. Standardized Index of Diversity of Disability (SIDD) was used to identify the diversification of disability in India. Among 103.84 million (8.0%) older population, 5.34 million (5.19%) were disabled. Standardized index of diversity of disability varies from 0.80 to 0.73, found highly diversified by all disability prevalence in all states of India. Thirty-eight percent older disabled perceived their health care facility last sought as good and 17.0% as a bad healthcare facility. Fifty-seven percent older disabled accessed health care from private hospitals. Spouses were found to be the primary providers of physical, financial, and health support to older disabled. In conclusion, India exhibits a high and diverse disability among its older population. There is a need for customized state/district/disability specific targeted intervention for the welfare of the older Indian population.

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Older disability; Standardized Index of Diversity of Disability; Disabled healthcare; Census of India

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