ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Health expenditure includes all expenditures for the provision of health services, family planning activities, nutrition activities and emergency aid designated for health, but it excludes the provision of drinking water and sanitation. Health financing is a critical component of health systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Health expenditure may take many forms such as preventive medicine, curative medicine, social medicine, provision of clean drinking water, good sanitation, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Answer. The various forms of health expenditures are as follows: Preventive medicine (vaccination). Curative medicine (medical intervention during illness).

Detailed explanation-4: -Gross fixed capital formation in the health sector is measured by the total value of the fixed assets that health providers have acquired during the accounting period (less the value of the disposals of assets) and that are used repeatedly or continuously for more than one year in the production of health services.