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Almost half of all health spending in India is still paid by patients themselves directly at the point of treatment, the Economic Survey 2022-23 says.
The share of government in the total health expenditure rose from 28.6% in 2013-14, to 40.6% in 2018-19.
There was a concomitant decline in out-of-pocket expenditure from 64.2% in 2013-14 to 48.2% in 2018-19.
For 2018-19, India’s total health expenditure was 3.2% of the GDP.
This includes current and capital expenditures incurred by government and private sources, also external funds.
It has been recommended several times that government’s health expenditure be raised from the existing 1.2% to 2.5% of the GDP by 2025.

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