National Health Estimates 2018-19
Source : PIB
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What is discussed under National Health Estimates 2018-19?
- What are the findings?
- About National Health Account (NHA) estimates
Why in News ?
NITI Aayog released findings of the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India for 2018-19.
What are the findings?
- The NHA estimates for 2018-19 show that there has been an increase in the share of government health expenditure in the total GDP of the country.
Source : PIB - It has increased from 1.15% in 2013-14 to 1.28% in 2018-19.
- In 2018-19, the share of government expenditure was 40.6%, substantially higher than the share of 28.6% in 2013-14.
- Government’s health expenditure as a percentage of Current Health Expenditure has increased from 23.2% in 2013-14 to 34.5% in 2018-19.
- Per capita government spending on healthcare has increased by 74% since 2013-14, i.e., Rs. 1042 to Rs. 1815 in 2018-19.
- Government is focusing on primary healthcare expenditure which has increased from 51.1% in 2013-14 to 55.2% in 2018-19.
- Primary and secondary care accounts for more than 80% of the current Government Health Expenditure.
- In case of the private sector, the share of tertiary care has increased but primary and secondary care show a declining trend.
- Between 2013-14 and 2018-19, in government, the share of primary and secondary care has increased from 74% to 86%.
- On the other hand, in the private sector, the share of primary and secondary care has declined from 82% to 70% during the same period.
- Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) as percentage of total health expenditure has declined substantially by 16% points, from 64.2% to 48.2%.
- Out of pocket expenditure as a percentage of current health expenditure has also declined over time from 69.1% in 2013-14 to 53.2% in 2018-19.
- Per capita out-of-pocket expenditure in the country has decreased by 8% since 2013-14, from Rs. 2,366 to Rs. 2,155 currently.
- Social security has resulted in expenditure on health as a percentage of total health expenditure growing from 6% to 9.6% now.
- Government-financed health insurance expenditure has increased by 167% since 2013-14.
About National Health Account (NHA) estimates
- The National Health Account (NHA) estimates for India 2018-19 is the sixth consecutive NHA estimates report prepared by NHSRC, designated as National Health Accounts Technical Secretariat (NHATS) in 2014 by the Union Health Ministry.
- The NHA estimates are prepared by using an accounting framework based on the internationally accepted standard of System of Health Accounts, 2011, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- With the present estimate of NHA, India now has a continuous series of NHA estimates for the country, from 2013-14 to 2018-19.
- These estimates are not only comparable internationally, but also enable the policymakers to monitor the progress in different health financing indicators of the country.
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