Advances in Public Health

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The Challenges Confronting Public Hospitals in India, Their Origins, and Possible Solutions

Health spending indicators for selected group of countries, India and India’s neighbors, 2010.


Country/Group of countries	Public health expenditure as % of GDP	Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health	Out of pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health	Out of pocket expenditure as % of total expenditure on health

South Asia	1.08	70.9	80.7	61.5
India	1.06	71.8	86.0	61.8
Afghanistan	2.35	77.5	94.0	72.8
Bangladesh	1.35	63.5	96.6	61.3
Bhutan	3.60	15.4	94.7	14.5
China	2.70	45.7	77.2	35.3
Maldives	3.80	39.2	71.6	28.1
Myanmar	0.24	87.9	92.7	81.5
Nepal	1.89	62.6	90.4	56.6
Pakistan	0.79	71.8	88.0	63.2
Sri Lanka	1.57	54.4	81.9	44.6
Cuba	9.70	4.8	100	4.8
USA	8.49	51.8	22.7	11.8
OECD countries	7.94	37.4	—	—
Lower middle income countries	1.51	64.6	85.8	56.4
Low income countries	2.11	62.9	75.9	49.6
Least developed countries	2.18	60.9	80.7	50.5
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing countries)	2.8	56.8	62.8	30.9