Families in distress: Latest NFHS findings paint bleak picture
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Families in distress: Latest NFHS findings paint bleak picture

The Hindu  

Towards the end of November 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released two interesting documents. The report on NHA claimed that the share of the government’s health expenditure in the total gross domestic product increased from 1.15 per cent to 1.35 per cent in 2017-18. Likewise, it said, the share of total government expenditure in total health expenditure had risen to 40.8 per cent from 28.6 per cent. This also meant that 59 per cent of households in India did not have a single member covered under a health insurance or health financing scheme, implying a high out-of-pocket expenditure on health care. In the ongoing winter session of Parliament, Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State for Health, informed the Rajya Sabha that the share of the government’s health expenditure had risen to 1.35 per cent in 2017-18.

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