Abbreviated Name:
Per capita total health expenditure
Indicator Name:
Per capita total health expenditure
Domain:
Health System Response/ Health financing
Related Terms:
Total Health Expenditure in international dollar rate / PPP
Definition:
Per capita total expenditure on health (THE) expressed in PPP international dollar.
Measurment Method:
National health accounts (NHA) indicators are based on expenditure information collected within an internationally recognized framework. NHA synthesize the financing flows of a health system, recorded from the origin of the resources (sources), and the purchasing agents (financing schemes), which distribute their funds between providers, to pay for selected health goods and services to benefit individuals. Beneficiaries are analysed across geographical, demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological dimensions. Total expenditure on health (THE) is measured as the sum of spending of all financing agents managing funds to purchase health goods and services. The NHA strategy is to track records of transactions, without double counting and in order to reaching a comprehensive coverage. Monetary and non monetary transactions are accounted for at purchasers' values. Guides to producing national health accounts exist. (OECD, 2000; WHO-World Bank-USAID, 2003).
Numerator:
Current total Health Expenditure
Denominator
Total popualtion
Estimation method:
PPP series resulting from the 2005 International comparison project (ICP) estimated by the World Bank has been used. In countries where this is not available, PPPs are estimated by the WHO. In countries where the fiscal year begins in July, expenditure data have been allocated to the later calendar year (for example, 2008 data will cover the fiscal year 200708), unless otherwise stated for the country. These data are generated from sources that WHO has been collecting for over ten years. The most comprehensive and consistent data on health financing is generated from national health accounts. Not all countries have or update national health accounts and in these instances, data is obtained through technical contacts in-country or from publicly-available documents and reports and harmonized to the NHA framework. Missing values are estimated using various accounting techniques depending on the data available for each country. Preferred data sources: THE: WHO NHA database. PPP exchange rates: WB, WHO estimates for countries which WB does not provide PPPs. Population figures are taken from UN Population Division, OECD HD, EUROSTAT database. WHO sends estimates to the respective Ministries of Health every year for validation.
Disaggregation:
Geographic area, disease groups, demographic groups
Primary data sources:
National Health Accounts
Alternate data sources:
None
Measurment frequency:
Annual
