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100			_a Mukhopadhyay, Bose, Indranil Montu and Kadarpeta, Rahul S Reddy _957161
245			_aContested claims: Making sense of the decline in out-of-pocket expenditure
260			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
300			_a60(36), Sep 6, 2025: p.44-51
520			_aIndia’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 https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/36/special-articles/contested-claims.html
773			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
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