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

In this block particulars of hospitalisation during 365 days preceding the date of survey will be recorded. In the detailed instructions for blocks 7, 8, 9 and 10 the term 'member', unless otherwise mentioned will also include deceased members also.

The serial number recorded in col.1 of block 4 for the hospitalised member will be entered here. For the deceased members, the serial number printed in col.1 of block 5, viz. 91, 92, 93, etc., will be recorded here.

If a member be hospitalised more than once during the reference period, the serial number of the member will be repeated in this line in each of the columns used for hospitalisation cases of the member. All cases of hospitalisation of a particular deceased member should be recorded in adjacent columns. After exhausting all the hospitalisation cases of the living members, the hospitalisation cases of the deceased members will be enumerated.