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Indicator name:
Out-of-Pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$
Short name:
OOP_pc_US$
Indicator Id:
4966
Topic:
Current health expenditure by financing sources
Rationale:
This indicator calculates the current health expenditure from out-of-pocket payments per person in USD currency. It indicates how much every person pays out-of-pocket on average in USD at the point of use. High out-of-pocket payments are associated with catastrophic and impoverishing household spending. Out of pocket payments are not pooled and there is no sharing of risk among wider group of people other than the household. This indicator describes the OOP expenditure in relation to the population size facilitating international comparison.
Definition:
Per capita household out-of-pocket expenditure on health expressed in respective currency - USD
Method of measurement
Other revenues from households n.e.c. (FS.6.1) / Population
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:
USD
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:
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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