Abbreviated Name:
Out-of-pocket payment for health (% of current expenditure on health)
Indicator Name:
Out-of-pocket payment on health as a percentage of current expenditure on health
Domain:
Health System Response/ Health financing
Related Terms:
Out-of-pocket expenditure, total health expenditure (THE)
Definition:
Share of current health expenditure funded from household out-of-pocket payments
Measurment Method:
National Health Accounts are developed based on expenditure information collected within an internationally recognized framework. National Health Accounts aims to track records of transactions, in order to cover all health expenditures without double counting, notably by consolidating intergovernmental transfers. Monetary and non-monetary transactions are accounted for at purchasers’ value. A new guide for producing National Health Accounts was published in 2011 – the System of Health Accounts 2011. It is aimed to replace previously existing guidelines; notably, the System of Health Accounts 1.0 (OECD, 2000) and the NHA Producer Guide (WHO-World Bank-USAID, 2003).
Numerator:
Out-of-pocket payment on health
Denominator
Total current expenditure on health.
Estimation method:
Other revenues from households n.e.c. (FS.6.1) / Current health expenditure (CHE)
Disaggregation:
WHO sends estimates to the respective Ministries of Health every year for validation.
Primary data sources:
National Health Accounts
Alternate data sources:
Administrative reporting system, household surveys, special studies and ad hoc surveys
Measurment frequency:
Annual