Current Expenditure on Health (Total and PHC Specific) as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Total (and PHC-specific) current expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP
Numerator
Sum of all current expenditure on health (12-month period)
Denominator
GDP
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
PHC-specific expenditure Source of funding (e.g., GGHE-D, private, external
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National health accounts
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens. Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2022 iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/352205/9789240044210-eng.pdf
Technical Specifications
Web Annex. Technical specifications. In: Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens. Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2022 iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/352201/9789240044234-eng.pdf?sequence=1
Link to Measurement Tools
OECD and World Health Organization. Guidelines for the implementation of the SHA 2011 framework for accounting health care financing. OECD; 2014 (www.who.int/health-topics/health-accounts#tab=tab_1, accessed 18 August 2021) [Can be found in the Guidelines Tab].