World's first medical networking and resource portal

Community Weblogs

Aug29

The National Health Accounts (NHA) is the body that monitors the flow of resources in the country’s health system providing detailed data on health finances. This week, the India NHA data for 2013-14 was published, after close to a decade, with previous estimates being published in 2004-05. The total healthcare expenditure (THE) for India was Rs. 4.5 lakh Crore, or 4% of GDP. Global evidence on health spending show that unless at least 5-6% of GDP is spent by a country on health, with the major part of it being government expenditure, basic healthcare needs are rarely met. Of the Rs. 4.5 lakh Crores spent, 93% went into Current Health Expenditure (CHE) while only 7% went to Capital Expenditure. The following sections and attached charts all talk about the distribution of CHE. Where does the Money Come From? Households contribute 73% to CHE to health financing in India Around 69% of the money circulating in Indian Healthcare is out of pocket (OOP) payments made by households. With government contributing just 1.15% of GDP and 30% of CHE, this the lowest amongst the BRICs nations.If we continue with such expenditure glory of our health services will not exposed but our planners are dead against it as they believe in pvt expenditure is the best way those rich can afford treatment and let poor bear all sorrowness and grief or die s most planners avail good treatment at cosy hospitals ,they are away from fact how poors are dying after all our development for middle or upper class we completely forget poor farmers,villages and down trodden  Influencers such as Bibek Debroy (NITI Aayog) have stated ‘there is not much point in saying government expenditure on health should be increased to 2.5% of GDP, unless you also explain where those extra resources will come from.’ Would they be from removal of tax exemptions, increasing the tax base, or switching expenditure from other development heads? Which Providers Get the Money? Rs. 1.5 lakh Crore comprises (35.7%) is spent in pharmacies, Rs. 88.5 thousand Crore (21%) was spent in private hospitals, and 41.7 thousand Crore (9.9%)was spent on government hospitals. Close to 28 thousand Crores (6.7%) was spent on medical diagnosis in laboratories. What is Being Consumed? 45% of spending is on outpatient care compared to 35% on inpatient care. The overall current expenditure on curative care is estimated at Rs. 3.4 lakh Crore (80.4%) whereas Rs. 40.6 thousand Crore (9.6%) is spent on preventative care (not including spending on sanitation or clean drinking water. Rs. 19 thousand Crore was spent on patient transportation.



Comments (0)  |   Category (General)  |   Views (639)

Community Comments
User Rating
Rate It


Post your comments

 
Browse Archive