Table 2 Priority-setting context by country
Economic status | Country | Geographical region | Political system | Health system financing (public, private, mixed) | Type of health system (UHC or not) | UHC service coverage index | Total health expenditure per capita in PPP-2018a (USD) | Gini index | Experience with outbreaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Bahamas | Caribbean | Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy | Mixed public–private (private insurance) | UHC | 75 | 2.005 | Influenza | |
Chile | South America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (public insurance and private insurance) | UHC | 70 | 2.305 | 46.6 | Influenza | |
Panama | Central America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (private insurance) | UHC | 79 | 1.856 | 49.9 | Influenza | |
Upper middle | Argentina | South America | Presidential republic | Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) | UHC | 76 | 1.989 | 40.6 | Influenza |
Brazil | South America | Federal presidential republic | Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) | UHC | 79 | 1.530 | 50.3 | Influenza Zika Chikungunya Dengue Yellow fever | |
Colombia | South America | Presidential republic | Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) | UHC | 76 | 1.155 | 49.7 | Influenza Zika Chikungunya Dengue Yellow fever | |
Dominican Republic | Caribbean | Presidential republic | Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) | UHC | 74 | 1.017 | 45.7 | Influenza Zika Chikungunya Dengue | |
Mexico | North America | Federal presidential republic | Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) | UHC | 76 | 1.154 | 43.4 | Influenza | |
Paraguay | South America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance) | No UHC | 69 | 935 | 48.8 | Influenza Zika Chikungunya Dengue | |
Peru | South America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (private insurance) | UHC | 77 | 766 | 43.3 | Influenza Zika Chikungunya Dengue Yellow fever | |
Lower middle | Bolivia | South America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) | UHC | 68 | 496 | 44 | Influenza Chikungunya |
El Salvador | Central America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) | UHC | 76 | 592 | 38 | Influenza | |
Haiti | Caribbean | Semi-presidential republic | Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) | No UHC | 49 | 143 | 41.1 | Influenza Zika Chikungunya Dengue | |
Honduras | Central America | Presidential republic | Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) | No UHC | 65 | 362 | 50.3 | Influenza |