National Health Accounts figures indicate high burden of health care costs on people
India's National Health Accounts figures reveal that households still bear a significant burden of healthcare costs despite improvements in public financing. Out-of-pocket expenditure constitutes nearly half of the current health expenditure, highlighting the incomplete financial protection for health emergencies. The government's health expenditure as a percentage of GDP has increased, but it still falls short of WHO recommendations and India's own health policy targets.
- ▪Out-of-pocket expenditure accounts for 49.90% of current health expenditure in India.
- ▪Government health expenditure as a share of GDP rose from 1.15% in 2013-14 to 1.43% in 2022-23.
- ▪Private hospitals account for 30.83% of current health expenditure, indicating a heavily privatized healthcare system.
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While India has improved public financing of health care, households and individuals still bear the heaviest burden. As per the latest figures from the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India 2022-23, out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) is nearly half of the current health expenditure, and financial protection for health emergencies remains incomplete, though government and insurance spending has increased.The government’s interpretation of the NHA measures and takes credit for infinitesimal growth of public spending. According to a press release: “the share of Government Health Expenditure (GHE) as a percentage of the GDP has risen from 1.15% in 2013-14 to 1.43% in 2022-23” and as per the new GDP series, it will be 1.48% in 2022-23.
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