Mukhopadhyay, Bose, Indranil Montu and Kadarpeta, Rahul S Reddy <br/><br/>
Contested claims: Making sense of the decline in out-of-pocket expenditure 

 - Economic & Political Weekly  
 - 60(36), Sep 6, 2025: p.44-51 
<br/><br/> India’s National Health Accounts show a declining trend in out-of-pocket expenditure as a proportion of the total health expenditure. A decline in OOPE, if materialised, is a positive development. However, it is prudent to scrutinise in detail the estimates derived from the National Sample Survey before jumping to hasty conclusions. We conduct a comparative analysis of the NSS estimates with other large sample surveys. Our results underpin the need for revisiting the argued decline in OOPE and adopting a more cautious approach in estimation to avoid erroneous policy conclusions. – Reproduced <br/><br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/36/special-articles/contested-claims.html<br/>