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Table 1 General information about the studied countries

From: Judicialization of access to medicines in four Latin American countries: a comparative qualitative analysis

Country

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Population (2014)(a)

42,981,515

204,213,133

17,613,798

47,791,911

Administrative division

23 provinces 1 Autonomous City

26 states, 1 federal district

15 regions

32 departments 1 capital district

Life expectancy at birth (2014)(a)

76

75

79

74

Under-5 mortality per 1000 live births (2014)(a)

12

16.2

8.1

16.2

GDP per capita (Current USD) (2014)(a)

12,245

12,026

14,794

7913

GDP per capita PPA (2014)(a)

19,400

15,880

22,210

12,950

Gini index (2014)(a)

41.4

51.5

47.3

52.8

HDI Rank (2014)(b)

0.808

0.757

0.830

0.720

THE as % of GDP (2014)(c)

8

11

8

6

Government expenditure on health as % of THE (2014)(c)

77

34

59

64

Out-of-pocket on health as % of THE (2014)(c)

15

45

34

20

Government expenditure on health per capita PPP (2014)(c)

1255

593

1057

498

  1. Abbreviations: GDP Gross Domestic Product, HDI Human Development Index, THE Total Health Expenditure, PPP purchasing power parity value. Sources: (a) World Bank indicator. Retrieved from: data.worldbank.org [Accessed: 10 Mar 2019]. (b) United Nations Development Programme – Human Development Reports. Retrieved from: http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries [Accessed: 10 Mar 2019]. (c) WHO, Global Health Expenditure Database. Retrieved from: http://apps.who.int/nha/database/Select/Indicators/en. [Accessed: 10 Mar 2019]