In November this year, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Health Accounts estimates for 2017-18. These estimates reveal that the total government health expenditure has decreased from 3.8% in 2016-17 to 3.3% in 2017-18 and that the share of government health expenditure in the Gross Domestic Product or GDP of the country has increased to 1.35% in 2017-18 from 1.15% in 2013-14.

According to these estimates, the out of pocket expenditure or money spent by households on healthcare decreased from 58.7% in 2016-17 to 48.8% in 2017-18. 

To make sense of the national health accounts estimates 2017-18 and to get a health economist’s perspective, host Kunika Balhotra spoke with Dr Indranil Mukhopadhyay. 

Dr Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor at OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat. He has a PhD in public health and health economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. 

He has led several research studies supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; WHO, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and has several international and national publications.

Show Notes
National Health Accounts Estimates

In November this year, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Health Accounts estimates for 2017-18. These estimates reveal that the total government health expenditure has decreased from 3.8% in 2016-17 to 3.3% in 2017-18 and that the share of government health expenditure in the Gross Domestic Product or GDP of the country has increased to 1.35% in 2017-18 from 1.15% in 2013-14.
According to these estimates, the out of pocket expenditure or money spent by households on healthcare decreased from 58.7% in 2016-17 to 48.8% in 2017-18.&nbsp;
To make sense of the national health accounts estimates 2017-18 and to get a health economist&rsquo;s perspective, host Kunika Balhotra spoke with&nbsp;<a href="https://jgu.edu.in/jsgp/faculty/indranil-mukhopadhyay/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jgu.edu.in/jsgp/faculty/indranil-mukhopadhyay/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640166435953000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BX0xrD84x-jx_S08b7RIz">Dr Indranil Mukhopadhyay</a>.&nbsp;
Dr Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor at OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat. He has a PhD in public health and health economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi.&nbsp;
He has led several research studies supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; WHO, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and has several international and national publications.
Show Notes <a href="https://nhsrcindia.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/National%20Health%20Accounts-%202017-18.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nhsrcindia.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/National%2520Health%2520Accounts-%25202017-18.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640166435953000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3iToew8R63cKc0Ni1TQeBJ">National Health Accounts Estimates</a>

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