Making health system push economic growth: a case of missed opportunity

While our out-of-pocket expense (OOPE) has fallen from 63% in 2014 to 39% in FY2021-22 as per the most recent available data provided in the National Health Accounts (NHA), it still remains high by global standards. According to a WHO’s global health expenditure database, India remains in the category of countries with the second highest range of OOPE in the world at 46% in 2022