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Indicator name:
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%)
Short name:
PVT-D%CHE
Data type:
Percent
Indicator Id:
4954
Topic:
Current health expenditure by financing sources
Rationale:
The share of revenues from domestic private sources spent on health as percentage of current health expenditure indicates how much is funded domestically by the private sector. Domestic private health expenditure sources include domestic revenues from households, corporations and non-profit organizations. Such expenditures can be either prepaid (such as compulsory and voluntary prepayments to private insurance) or paid directly out-of-pocket by households to healthcare providers. This indicator describes the role of the private domestic sources in funding healthcare relative to government or external sources.
Definition:
Share of current health expenditure funded from private domestic sources
Method of measurement
(FS.4 Compulsory prepayment (other than FS.3) + FS.5 Voluntary prepayment + FS.6 Other domestic revenues n.e.c. + FS.nec Unspecified revenues of health care financing schemes n.e.c.) / Current health expenditure (CHE)
Method of estimation:
-
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:
Unweighted average (mean) of the indicator value across countries with available data.
Unit of Measure:
%
Comments:
The codes of health expenditure for method of measurement correspond to categories of the International Classification of Health Accounts (ICHA-SHA2011). The complete list of ICHA codes is available in the SHA 2011 document: A system of health accounts 2011 and in the Excel file: International classification of health accounts (SHA 2011 series) . (See links below)
Contact person email:
nha@who.int
Name:
Health accounts team
Links:
Health topics
Global health expenditures database
International standard methodology (a system of health accounts SHA 2011)
International classification of health accounts (SHA 2011 series) codes and names
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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