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Ghana - National Expenditure on Health (Ghana Cedi)

A. SELECTED RATIO INDICATORS* FOR EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
I. Expenditure ratios
Total expenditure on health (THE) as % of GDP	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.7	5.6	4.8	4.8	6.1	7.0	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.0	5.2	4.8
Financing Sources measurement
External resources on health as % of THE	7.4	6.9	6.4	6.5	7.0	14.5	17.7	21.6	16.5	21.4	23.6	17.9	13.0	11.0	13.5	16.5	14.2
Health share of domestically funded government expenditure											12.6	11.1	15.2	11.7	11.7	11.0
Financing Agents measurement
General government expenditure on health (GGHE) as % of THE	57.5	57.3	54.6	55.6	50.3	48.7	57.0	49.7	51.3	61.9	66.4	57.2	62.4	58.0	56.5	58.2	56.1
Private expenditure on health (PvtHE) as % of THE	42.5	42.7	45.4	44.4	49.7	51.3	43.0	50.3	48.7	38.1	33.6	42.8	37.6	42.0	43.5	41.8	43.9
GGHE as % of General government expenditure	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.1	10.1	8.3	9.8	9.0	8.7	11.6	15.2	14.8	15.4	12.2	12.5	12.1	11.9
Social security funds as % of GGHE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.7	10.6	33.6	26.2	27.4	25.2	23.7
Private insurance as % of PvtHE	10.4	10.4	10.6	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	11.0	6.7	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2
Out of pocket expenditure as % of PvtHE	63.5	63.3	64.3	63.9	64.6	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.1	64.0	63.7	67.0	67.2	67.6	66.6	66.7	66.3
Resource Costs measurement
Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as % of THE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Private expenditure on pharmaceuticals as % of PvtHE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total expenditure on compensation of human resources on health as % of THE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Government compensation of health employees as % of GGHE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
II. Selected per capita indicators for expenditures on health
Total expenditure on health / capita at exchange rate	20	20	21	21	20	12	15	15	18	26	35	47	66	69	54	69	75
Total expenditure on health / capita at Purchasing Power Parity (NCU per US$)	42	42	45	46	45	45	55	48	52	69	85	68	83	84	76	85	90
General government expenditure on health / cap x-rate	11	12	11	12	10	6	9	7	9	16	23	27	41	40	31	40	42
General government expenditure on health / cap Purchasing Power Parity (NCU per US$)	24	24	25	26	23	22	31	24	27	43	56	39	52	49	43	50	50
Per capita domestically funded government expenditure on health (Constant 2009 US$)											35	20	31	30	27	24
* These ratios and per capita levels are automatically derived using the aggregate figures in Section B.
B. VALUES UNDERLYING RATIOS AND LEVELS	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Health System Expenditure & Financing
Financing Agents measurement (Million NCU)
Total expenditure on health	41	58	75	90	102	129	213	232	321	490	683	1,002	1,392	1,686	1,819	2,392	2,832
… General government expenditure on health	23	33	41	50	51	63	122	115	165	303	453	573	868	979	1,028	1,393	1,588
… … … … Ministry of Health						22	46	40
… … Social security funds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98	61	292	257	281	351	377
… Private expenditure on health	17	25	34	40	51	66	92	117	156	187	230	428	524	708	791	999	1,243
Private insurance	2	3	4	4	5	7	10	12	16	20	25	29	33	45	49	63	77
… … Non-profit institutions serving households (e.g. NGOs)	2	3	4	5	6	8	10	13	18	21	26	51	63	85	94	119	147
Out of pocket expenditure	11	16	22	26	33	43	59	75	100	120	146	287	352	478	527	667	824
Financing Sources measurement (Million NCU)
Rest of the world funds / External resources	3	4	5	6	7	19	38	50	53	105	161	179	181	185	246	394	401
Public funds											357	392	717	835	894	980
Factors of provision (Million NCU)
Compensation of health employees
of which : government
Pharmaceuticals
of which: private facilities
Macro-economic variables (Million NCU)
Gross domestic product (GDP)	775	1,134	1,411	1,730	2,058	2,715	3,807	4,886	6,616	7,989	9,726	18,705	23,155	30,179	36,599	46,043	59,264
General government expenditure (GGE)	236	337	409	494	509	753	1,245	1,275	1,898	2,623	2,971	3,873	5,625	8,010	8,248	11,532	13,380
GGE (excluding external resources)											2,828	3,543	4,730	7,157	7,669	8,878
Exchange rate (NCU per US$)	0.12	0.16	0.20	0.23	0.27	0.54	0.72	0.79	0.87	0.90	0.91	0.94	0.94	1.06	1.41	1.43	1.51
Purchasing Power Parity (NCU per US$)	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.11	0.12	0.15	0.20	0.24	0.30	0.33	0.37	0.65	0.74	0.87	1.00	1.15	1.26
Population (in thousands)	16,997	17,429	17,855	18,281	18,716	19,165	19,632	20,114	20,611	21,120	21,640	22,712	22,712	23,264	23,824	24,392	24,966
"n/a" Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made.
"0" Used when no evidence of the schemes to which the cell relates exist. Some estimates yielding a ratio below 0.04% are also shown as ‘0’.
Footnotes	A new basis for these estimates was provided by new NHA reports, surveys, National Accounts series, accessed information and/or country consultations.
Last updated: May 2013
Source : Health expenditure series, World Health Organization, Geneva, (latest updates are available on http://apps.who.int/nha/database/DataExplorerRegime.aspx). All the indicators refer to expenditures by financing agent except external resources which is a financing source. When the number is smaller than 0.05% the percentage may appear as zero. For per capita expenditure indicators, when the value is less than 0.5 it is represented as <1. In countries where the fiscal year begins in July, expenditure data have been allocated to the later calendar year (for example, 2008 data will cover the fiscal year 2007–08), unless otherwise stated for the country. Absolute values of expenditures are expressed in nominal terms (current prices). National currency unit per US$ are calculated using the average exchange rates for the year. For 2008, 2009 the use of yearly average exchange rates (compared to year-end exchange rates) may not fully represent the impact of the global financial crisis. In some cases, the sum of general government and private expenditures on health may not add up to 100% because of rounding. National currency unit per US$ are calculated using the average exchange rates for the year. For 2008, 2009 the use of yearly average exchange rates (compared to year-end exchange rates) may not fully represent the impact of the global financial crisis. PPP series resulting from the 2005 International comparison project (ICP) estimated by the World Bank has been used. In countries where this is not available, PPPs are estimated by the WHO. Care needs to be taken in interpreting external resource figures. Most are taken from the OECD DAC/CRS database except where a reliable full national health account study has been done. They are disbursements to recipient countries as reported by donors, lagged one year to account for the delay between disbursement and expenditure. Before 2002, disbursement data is not available and commitments are used.

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