New Delhi: Concurrent with the increase in government health expenditure, the out-of-pocket expenditure's share in total health expenditure has declined significantly by 21 percentage points from 2013-14 till date, officials said on Wednesday.
The out-of-pocket expenditure, as a share of total health expenditure, has been calculated as 43.4 per cent in 2022-23 as against 64.2 per cent in 2013-14, showing a significant decline over the time series.