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Indicator name:
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%)
Short name:
EXT%CHE
Data type:
Percent
Indicator Id:
4955
Topic:
Current health expenditure by financing sources
Rationale:
The share of revenues from external sources spent on health as percentage of current health expenditure indicates how much is the health system dependent on external funding sources. External sources include direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government, encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country. This indicator describes the role of the external sources in funding healthcare relative to domestic sources.
Definition:
Share of current health expenditure funded from external sources
Method of measurement
(FS.2 Transfers distributed by government from foreign origin + FS.7 Direct foreign transfers) / 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:
Health accounts team
Name:
nha@who.int
Links:
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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