NSO 80th Round Survey on Household Social Consumption on Health Highlights Transformative Progress in India’s Healthcare System

• NSS 80th Round survey on Health, conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), with findings released by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
• Measures Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE), Proportion of Population Reporting Ailments (PPRA), hospitalisation patterns, insurance coverage, and public-vs-private facility utilisation — the canonical evidence base on India's health access.
• Successor to the 75th Round (2017-18); first comprehensive health-consumption snapshot of post-pandemic, post-Ayushman Bharat era.