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Table 2 Key economic, health status, and health systems indicators for case study countries[8]

From: Promoting universal financial protection: evidence from seven low- and middle-income countries on factors facilitating or hindering progress

 

Costa Rica

Georgia

India

Malawi

Nigeria

Tanzania

Thailand

Population (in thousands) (2009)

4,579

4,260

1,198,003

15,263

154,729

43,739

67,764

GNI per capita (PPP Int. $) (2009)

10,930

4,700

3,250

760

2,070

1,350

7,640

Poverty rate (% population living on <PPP Int. $1 per day)

2%

13.4%

41.6%

73.9%

64.4%

88.5%

<2%

Infant mortality per 1,000 live births (2009)

10

26

50

69

86

68

12

Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births (2008)

44

48

230

510

840

790

48

Deliveries by skilled attendant

99%

98%

47%

54%

39%

51%

99%

Doctor per 10,000 population

13.2

45.4

6.0

0.2

4.0

0.1

3.0

Total health expenditure as % GDP (2008)

9.4%

8.7%

4.2%

9.1%

5.2%

4.5%

4.1%

General government health expenditure as % GDP (2008)

6.3%

2.7%

1.4%

5.5%

1.9%

3.3%

3.1%

Out-of-pocket payments as % total health expenditure (2008)

29%

67%

50%

12%

60%

18%

18%

External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health (2008)

0.1%

10.5%

1.6%

88.9%

4.6%

59.5%

0.3%