Health hc financing domgovhexp pergdp who

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Metric
Value labels	Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) (%)
Technical name	health_hc_financing_domgovhexp_pergdp_who
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Domestic general government health expenditure as percentage of GDP (WHO)
Related indicators	NA (no information available)

The share of current Domestic General Government resources used to fund health expenditures as a share of the economy as measured by GDP. Public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, NPISH or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. All these transfers and subsidies represent public sources for health and indicate the overall share of government funding for health.

Coding rules

Coding rules in accordance with WHO operationalisation.

Bibliographic info

Citation: World Health Organization (WHO). 2018. "The Global Health Observatory." https://www.who.int/data/gho.

Related publications: NA (no information available)

Misc

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Data release: NA (no information available)

Revisions: NA (no information available)

Sources

World Health Organization (WHO). 2018. "The Global Health Observatory." https://www.who.int/data/gho.