India’s Health Spending Still Falls Short Despite Rise in Public Financing, Shows NHA 2022-23 Data
मुख्य बातें
- •Out-of-pocket expenditure remains nearly 50% of total health spending in India, according to NHA 2022-23
- •Government health expenditure increased to 1.43% of GDP but still falls short of WHO (5%) and NHP (2.5%) targets
- •Private hospitals account for 30.83% of current health expenditure, while preventive care receives only 8.88%
- •Government-financed insurance schemes cover just 3% of total health expenditure, far below private insurance (9.2%)
- •Public health spending dropped from 41.1% in 2021-22 to 35.6% in 2022-23, reversing pandemic gains
- •Non-communicable diseases cause 60% of deaths, yet preventive care remains underfunded
- •State governments fund over 63% of government health expenditure, while the Union contributes 36%
New data from the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India 2022-23 highlights a persistent imbalance in the country’s healthcare financing, despite a modest rise in public expenditure. While government health spending has increased—reaching 1.43% of GDP in 2022-23, up from 1.15% in 2013-14—the burden on households remains disproportionately high. Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) accounts for nearly half (49.90%) of the current health expenditure (CHE), underscoring that individuals continue to bear the largest share of healthcare costs.
