Consider the following statements:Statement-I: India's public sector health care system largely focu

Question

Consider the following statements:Statement-I: India's public sector health care system largely focuses on curative care with limited preventive, promotive and rehabilitative care.Statement-II: Under India's decentralized approach to health care delivery, the States are primarily responsible for organizing health services.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Accepted Answer

National Health Accounts Estimates for India (2019-20) Current health expenditure attributed:Rs. 2,01,558 crores to Inpatient Curative Care (33.94% of CHE)Rs. 1,14,548 crores to outpatient curative care (19.29% of CHE)Rs. 2,915 crores to Day Curative Care (0.49% of CHE)Rs. 20,879 crores for patient transportation (3.52% of CHE)Rs. 23,983 crores to Laboratory and Imaging services (4.04% of CHE)Rs. 1,09,835 crores to Prescribed Medicines (18.50% of CHE)Rs. 20,581 crores to Over the Counter (OTC) Medicines (3.47% of CHE)Therapeutic Appliances and Medical Goods of about Rs. 725 crores (0.12% of CHE)Preventive Care of about Rs. 60,250 crores (10.16% of CHE)Others of about Rs. 12,895 crores (2.17% of CHE)About Rs. 25,490 crores (4.30% of CHE) are attributed to Governance and Health System and Financing Administration.Hence, statement 1 is correct.Under India’s decentralized approach to health care delivery, the states are primarily responsible for organizing health services, since public health is a subject under State list of 7th Schedule. Hence, statement 2 is correct.