A Trailer of Health Care Spending in Indian Scenario

Abstract

Background: Health care spending is an important public health issue, liable for public health expenditure
of the country which influences life expectancy of the citizen. The roots of health care spending are complex
and sensitive but inevitable. The average life span of an Indian is ranging to 59.3 years which is comparatively
less with other developing countries of Asia.
Objectives: The objective of the current study is to estimate the value of per capita health of India and to
access the factors associated with the Health care spending of an average Indian.
Method: A cross sectional study conducted from January 2019 to June 2019 among the components of health
care services in and around Chennai city. House-to-house interview was conducted using pre-designed and
pre-tested questionnaire with likert scale on health care spending. The sample size is 160 families. Data are
analyzed with proportions, linear regression model, dispersion and other diagrammatic representation –
histograms and pie diagrams are used.
Result: The overall spending on health care issue is less than 2 percent of the total family income. People
are not interested in spending money to maintain the health and are ignorant with health issues and also
knowledge regarding medical insurance and other public health programs. The prevalence of such ignorance
in non-communicative diseases is higher and medication with local pharmacist is a common phenomenon.