National Statistical Office’s (NSO) 80th Round Survey on Household Consumption on Health highlighted significant increase in healthcare access across the country. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that it was supported by targeted Government interventions, expansion of public health services, and increased insurance coverage. The survey also highlighted that the median Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditure per hospitalisation case in year 2025 was over eleven thousand rupees indicating that in over half of the hospitalizations in the country, relatively low expenditure is incurred.

The survey captured an important epidemiological transition, with a decline in infectious diseases and a rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular conditions. The survey also highlighted continued progress in maternal and child health outcomes, with institutional deliveries increasing from 90.5 percent in 2017-18 to 95.6 percent in the last year in rural areas. It added that institutional deliveries increased from 96.1 percent to 97.8 percent in urban areas during the same period. According to the report, around 28 percent rural population headed to public facilities for outpatient care in 2014, which has surged to 35 percent in 2025.

The survey canvassed over one lakh thirty thousand households across the country, including over seventy six thousand households in rural areas and over sixty three thousand in urban areas, offering robust, ground-level insights into healthcare access, affordability, and utilisation patterns.

The Ministry said that the findings of the NSO 80th Round are underpinned by the Government’s sustained increase in public investment in the health sector over the years. It added that enhanced budgetary allocations have enabled significant expansion of healthcare infrastructure across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, strengthened human resources, and supported the scaling up of key initiatives focused on preventive, promotive, and curative care.