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Table 1 Average per Capita Health Expenditures (HE) in Low-income Countries, WHO National Health Accounts, 2003

From: Medicines coverage and community-based health insurance in low-income countries

Low income countries

Total HE

Private HE

Prepaid Plans

Out-of-Pocket

 

n

ppp-adj. US$*

ppp-adj. US$*

% private HE

All

54

68.7

37.5

2.6

85.0

Countries with private prepaid plans 1

22

62.9

36.1

5.3

78.4

Countries with no private prepaid plans 2

32

72.8

38.4

N/A

89.6

  1. * Purchasing power parity adjusted US dollar
  2. 1 Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe.
  3. 2 Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Zambia.
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