Households’ responses on medical pluralism: Dynamics and determinants of access to traditional medicines in India

The Indian healthcare practice is pluralistic and unique since it poised with many challenges. High out of pocket (OOPE) expenditure, scanty institutional facilities, expensive private healthcare, etc. have strong bearing on adoption traditional health care practices besides socio-cultural other gradients. paper addresses the dynamics determinants access to medicines in India using representative dataset national sample survey (71st 75th round) conducted 2014 2017–2018. analysis includes descriptive statistics, conditional Logit regression marginal effects Tobit regressions models. Results confirm increased even case major ailments which has reduced OOPE healthcare. Covid19 pandemic synergised use AYUSH owing its immunity-boosting measures. also incorporates some recent policy initiatives taken over recently facilitate Ayurveda, Yoga Naturopathy, Unani, Sowa Rigpa, Siddha Homoeopathy (AYUSH).