UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Health expenses dip as govt. spend rises

Q1. According to the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India 2022-23, which one of the following components accounted for the LARGEST share of Total Health Expenditure (THE) in 2022-23?

  • A. Government Health Expenditure (GHE)
  • B. Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE)
  • C. Social Security Expenditure (SSE)
  • D. Private Health Insurance

Q2. In the context of India's National Health Accounts, the 'System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. An internationally accepted accounting framework for tracking health expenditure flows, developed by the WHO
  • B. A statutory audit scheme under the National Health Mission for verifying public hospital accounts
  • C. A WHO benchmark prescribing the minimum public health spending as a share of GDP for member states
  • D. A digital platform maintained by the National Health Authority for settling insurance claims

Q3. The National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2022-23 were released by which one of the following?

  • A. Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • C. NITI Aayog
  • D. National Health Authority

Q4. The Union Health Ministry attributed the decline in Out-of-Pocket Expenditure reflected in the NHA 2022-23 CHIEFLY to which one of the following?

  • A. Expansion of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and rising health insurance penetration
  • B. Introduction of a nationwide price cap on all private hospital procedures
  • C. A statutory ban on user charges across all public health facilities
  • D. Full nationalisation of private health insurance under a single public insurer

Q5. In India's National Health Accounts series, the Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) share of Total Health Expenditure touched its LOWEST recorded level of about 39.4% during which period?

  • A. The COVID-19 pandemic period
  • B. 2013-14
  • C. 2022-23
  • D. The year the National Health Policy 2017 was announced

Q6. Government-funded health insurance such as AB PM-JAY, whose expansion helped lower Out-of-Pocket Expenditure, is administered by which one of the following?

  • A. National Health Authority
  • B. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
  • C. National Health Systems Resource Centre
  • D. Employees' State Insurance Corporation

Q7. The National Health Policy 2017, which set the target of raising public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP and reducing out-of-pocket spending, was formulated and is implemented by which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. NITI Aayog
  • C. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • D. Ministry of AYUSH