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

2. preliminary average data

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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