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Table 1 Background information of Vietnam, India and Bangladesh

From: The influence of cost-per-DALY information in health prioritisation and desirable features for a registry: a survey of health policy experts in Vietnam, India and Bangladesh

Country/States

Bangladesh

India

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Delhi

Vietnam

Populationa (million)

155

1240

72

64

9

91

GDP per capitab (Current US$, 2012)

750

1503

1844

1441

3762

1755

Health expenditure per capitaa (% of GDP)

67.8 (6.6%)

157 (4.1%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

234 (6%)

Out-of-pocket as a percentage of total expenditure on healtha

63%

58%

N/A

N/A

N/A

49%

Percentage of people covered by public health insurance

1% (24)

20% (25)

18% (26)

N/A

N/A

60% (27)

Year by which they plan to achieve Universal Health Coverage

2032

2022

2020

  1. Sources: aWHO [23]; bWorld Bank [28], Planning Commission, Government of India [29]