Investment on health has a direct, positive and significant influence on the economic growth of an economy. Secondly, research on Health Economics has a recent origin and whatever the works available on it are mainly on macro aspects. Little attention has been given to the micro aspects of it by the researchers, government, policy makers and development planners. In this context the present piece of work is an attempt to study the pattern of health expenditure as a component of income and consumption expenditure across different income groups; to examine the impact of income and education on...