The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from panel data analysis

Table 1 Health care expenditure trend across regions in the world

Regions	OOP HE (% of private HE)		HE per capita (current US$)		HE private (% of GDP)		HE public (% of GDP)		HE total (% of GDP)
	2000	2010	2000	2010	2000	2010	2000	2010	2000	2010
SSA	52	67	32	85	4	4	2	3	6	6
Middle East and North Africa	87	79	166	322	2	2	3	3	5	5
OECD	39	66	2284	4366	4	4*	6	7*	10	13
North America	26	32	4446	8050	7	8*	6	8*	13	17
East Asia & Pacific	88	73	249	500	2	2*	5	4*	7	7
World	44	70	486	949	4	4*	5	6*	9	10

* 2009 figures are reported in the absence of 2010 figures. HE is health expenditure.
Source: World development indicators.

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