Between the two rounds of National Health
Accounts in 2001–02 and 2004–05, per capita private and public
health care expenditures increased by 21% and 17% respectively
[28]. Rising health care expenditures in India are fuelled due to
many factors related to demographic, epidemiological and social
transition [25,29,30]. Secondly, our assumptions of staff salaries
were drawn from a survey of private hospitals, whereas the
NCMH sourced its salary estimates from Central Government pay
scales, which are lower than private sector salaries.