Out-of-pocket expenditure on doctors & medicines, without insurance or govt reimbursement, rose to 43.4% of total health expenditure in 2022-23, up from 39.4% previous year, says NHA report.
Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal together account for more than half of the total health infrastructure shortfall in the country, according to the study.
Study by International Institute for Population Sciences & Tata Memorial Centre, out in Journal of Cancer Policy, based on assessment of cancer patients at Mumbai's Tata Memorial Centre.
Doctors equipped to tend to all family members for a range of symptoms were ubiquitous in India at one point. Family-medicine doctors say years of neglect have done the stream in.
Analysing the GHE and OOPE data at national and state levels shows the need for deeper inquiry. The attribution of increased govt spending to declining out-of-pocket expenditure isn't apparent.
Mumbai-based fintech firm QubeHealth's prepaid cards, with upper limit of Rs 10 lakh, can be used at any health facility or pharmacy. Amount spent can be repaid in interest-free EMIs.
According to documents, the slash is to account for reduced Covid vaccination need, even as 2nd doses are awaited for most aged 15-18 years & vaccinations for children are yet to roll out.
Mumbai civic body allocated Rs 4,728.53 crore, 12% of budget, to the health sector, with a focus on building and upgrading infrastructure such as hospitals.
Marco Rubio’s India visit left a lingering sense of disappointment over the Quad. The grouping is no longer the centrepiece of the US administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.
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