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  • May 04, 2023
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7th National Health Accounts : Estimates For India (2019-20)

News: The National Health Systems Resource Centre’s 7th National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India (2019–20) have been made available by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) System of Health Accounts 2011, which is an internationally recognised accounting framework, is used to construct the NHA estimates.

Major highlights

In total health spending, OOPE’s percentage has decreased from 62.6% in 2014–15 to 47.1% in 2019–20.

The money that households directly pay for medical services is known as OOPE.

This occurs when neither the individual is protected by any public or private insurance or social protection system, nor are services offered free of charge through a government health institution.

 

The percentage of GHE in the nation’s overall GDP climbed from 1.13% in 2014–15 to 1.35% in 2019–20.

Government Health Expenditure (GHE) refers to all expenditures made under programmes supported and administered by the federal, state, and local governments, as well as quasi-governmental organisations and donors in cases where funding is routed through government entities. low government’s health system.

Between 2014–15 and 2019–20, the share of health sector spending in GGE increased steadily, from 3.94% to 5.02%.

Spending by the general government (GGE) This percentage of government spending on healthcare as a percentage of general government spending shows how important healthcare is to the government.

Between 2014–15 and 2019–20, GHE’s share of the nation’s Total Health Expenditure (THE) increased from 29% to 41.4%.

Total Health Expenditure (THE) includes both ongoing and one-time costs borne by public and private sources, including outside funding.

SSE on health now makes up 9.3% of the total, up from 5.7% in 2014–15.

Government-funded health insurance, government employees’ medical expenses, and social health insurance programmes are all included in social security expenditures (SSE).

PHIE as a percentage of overall health expenditures has climbed from 3.4% in 2013–14 to 7% in 2019–20 forecasts.

Private health insurance expenditures (PHIE) are the costs incurred by families or employers who pay a premium to be covered by a particular health plan through health insurance companies.

Out of total health spending, external/donor funding increased from 0.3% in 2013–14 to 0.5% in 2019–20.