The objective of this research is to generate new evidence on financial implications of medicines out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for households. Another objective is to investigate which disease conditions contributed to a significant proportion of households’ financial burden.

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This report examines evidences on the economic impact of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India. Presents new estimates of the impact of NCDs, both on household economic well being as well as on aggregate economic outcomes in India.