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Global Health Spending 1995-2018

General Info

Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
January, 1995 - December, 2018
Series or system 
Financing Global Health (FGH)
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

Research by the Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network produced retrospective health spending estimates for 1995-2018 for 204 countries and territories. They cover total health spending, health spending disaggregated by source into three domestic financing source categories, and development assistance for health (DAH). Domestic source data came primarily from the WHO’s Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED). DAH data came from diverse sources, including program reports, budget data, national estimates, and National Health Accounts (NHAs). The resulting estimates were used to forecast GDP and prospective health spending estimates for 2018-2050. Estimates are reported in constant 2020 United States dollars, constant 2020 purchasing power parity adjusted (PPP) dollars, and as a percent of gross domestic product.

Keywords 
Government health expenditures, Health aid, Personal health expenditures

Citation

Contributors 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2021
Suggested citation 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Health Spending 1995-2018. Seattle, United States of America: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2021.

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Source URL:https://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/ihme-data/global-health-spending-1995-2018