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Table 1 General characteristics of health financing indicators in the studied countries

From: The experiences of merging health insurance funds in South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, and Indonesia: a cross-country comparative study

 

Turkey

South Korea (2011)

Thailand (2012)

Indonesia (2014)

Classification by income level

Upper-middle-income

High-income

Upper-middle-income

-Lower-middle-income

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $, 2013)

18,760

33,440

13,510

9260

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2014)

1036

2531

600

299

Total health expenditure as % of GDP

6.1

7.4

4.5

2.8

Public expenditure on health as % of total expenditure in health

73

55.3

76

37.8

Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure in health

27–37

44.7

24

62.2

Government health spending as % of total government spending

9.8–13.9

15.2

11

5.7

Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments as % of total expenditure on health

17.4

35.2

11.6

46.9