India - Survey on Morbidity and Health Care January - June 2004, NSS 60th Round

Start	End	Cycle
2004-01-01	2004-03-31	subround-1
2004-04-01	2004-06-30	subround-2

Face-to-face [f2f]
The fieldwork of 60th round of NSSO started from 1st January, 2004 and continued till 30th June, 2004. As usual, the survey period of this round was divided into two sub-rounds, each with a duration of three months, the 1st sub-round period ranging from January to March, 2004 and the 2nd sub-round period from April to June, 2004. An equal number of sample FSU’s was allotted for survey in each of these two sub-rounds.

The schedule on morbidity and health care (Schedule 25.0) framed for the 60th round consists of 13 blocks. The different blocks of the schedule are:
Block 0: descriptive identification of sample household
Block 1: identification of sample household
Block 2: particulars of field operation
Block 3: household characteristics
Block 4: demographic particulars of household members
Block 5: particulars of earstwhile household members who died during last 365 days
Block 6: particulars of economic independence and ailments for persons aged 60 years and above
Block 7: particulars of medical treatment received as inpatient of a hospital during last 365 days
Block 8: expenses incurred for treatment of members treated as impatient of hospital during last 365 days and source of finance
Block 9: particulars of spells of ailment of household members during last 15 days (including hospitalisation)
Block 10: expenses incurred during last 15 days for treatment of members (not as an inpatient of hospital) and source of finance
Block 11: particulars of immunisation of children (0 - 4 yrs.), pre-natal and post-natal care for ever married women of age below 50 years during last 365 days
Block 12: remarks by investigator
Block 13: comments by supervisory officer(s)

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Field Operations Division of Naional Sample Survey Office	NSSO(FOD)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation