Health Care Expenditure by Government of India 1974-75 to 1990-91

This study on expenditure on health care by the Central, State and Union Territory Governments has been undertaken by the authors with the objective of (i) to estimate the size and composition of health care expenditure (ii) to examine the trends in health care expenditure from 1974-75 to 1990-91; (iii) to present the interstate variations in health care expenditure; (iv) to examine the linkages between plan and non-plan expenditure and (v) to study the priorities in the allocation of resources among different health categories and programmes and by sectors. The study has been undertaken for the years 1974-75, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1986-87 and 1990-91.