Sub-national health accounts: Experience from Punjab State in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Public health spending in India has been traditionally one of the lowest globally. Punjab is one of the states with highest proportion of out-of-pocket expenditures for healthcare in India. We undertook this study to produce the sub-national health accounts (SNHA) for Punjab state in India.

Methodology

We used System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011 framework for preparing health accounts for Punjab state. Data on health spending by government was obtained from concerned public sector departments both at state and central level. Estimates on Out-of-Pocket Expenditures (OOPE) expenditure were derived from National Sample Survey (NSS) 71st round data, Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) data and Pharmatrac. Primary surveys were done for assessing health expenditure dat

SUBMITTER: Bahuguna P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6287852 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature