The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare developed the National Health Accounts (NHA) in 2001-02 to support the governance of health systems and enable the design of more effective health policies. This report provides an estimate of the total health expenditure for 2004-05 (taking into consideration the launch of the National Rural Health Mission in 2005), and gives provisional estimates of the health expenditure from 2005-06 to 2008-09. In the computation of NHA, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of health expenditure was adopted. NHA includes expenditure on inpatient and outpatient care, hospitals, specialty hospitals, health promotion centres, rehabilitative care centres, capital expenditure on health, medical education, and research and training. It excludes expenses on water supply, sanitation, environmental health and the mid-day meal programme.
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National Health Accounts Cell, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare (In Collaboration With Who India Country Office)
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- National Health Accounts Cell, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (In collaboration with WHO India Country Office)
