PHC Expenditure per Capita (as Disaggregation of Total Health Expenditure)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
World Health Organisation
Publishing Organisation
Primary health care measurement framework and indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Per capita health expenditure (total and PHC-specific)

Numerator

Total health expenditure and Total current PHC expenditure (in U.S. dollars)

Denominator

Population count

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

PHC-specific expenditure Source of funding (e.g., GGHE-D, private, external)

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
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
No

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].

Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025