Nathalie Vande Maele vandemaelen@who.int Current Health Expenditure devoted to Primary Health Care results from recent health accounts Nathalie Vande Maele vandemaelen@who.int

preliminary average data

What the Data Includes health accounts data by provider and function selected providers : first point of contact generalists ambulatory care centres (non specialised) family planning centres retailers / pharmacies community health care workers selected services outpatient care selected public health services

What the Data Says preliminary data – averaged & rounded figures in lower income countries: ≈ 35 USD per capita ≈ 50% of current health spending allocated to PHC but government allocates only about 35% of its health spending to PHC

Opportunities / Challenges evaluating inequity comparison across regions, diseases, age, or gender routine health expenditure data system of health accounts 2011 hold everyone accountable challenges monitoring PHC at facility level? with linkage to health data, e.g. outputs efficiency