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Table 1 Variables employed in the analysis by countries

From: Is healthcare a ‘Necessity’ or ‘Luxury’? an empirical evidence from public and private sector analyses of South-East Asian countries?

Variables 1)

Country

Health expenditure per capita 2)

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Indonesia

Maldives

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Timor-Leste

All

Public

12.5

137.6

29.0

39.5

226.3

21.0

64.5

166.1

84.6

86.8

(10.2-14.7)

(105.8-169.4)

(23.3-34.8)

(31.5-47.4)

(161.2-291.3)

(16.6-25.3)

(54.6-74.3)

(129.8-202.4)

(72.6-96.5)

(72.5-101.0)

Private

19.9

34.1

54.8

29.3

106.8

28.6

52.8

56.1

7.6

43.3

(15.0-24.7)

(31.7-36.6)

(46.7-63.0)

(25.1-33.5)

(95.8-117.7)

(27.4-29.7)

(45.7-59.9)

(50.5-61.7)

(6.2-9.1)

(38.5 -48.2)

Total

32.3

171.7

83.89

68.8

333.0

49.5

117.2

222.2

92.2

130.1

(25.3-39.39)

(139.2-204.3)

(70.1-97.7)

(56.8-80.7)

(257.7-408.3)

(44.4-54.6)

(100.4-134.0)

(189.5-255.0)

(79.4-105.0)

(112.4-147.8)

GDP per capita2)

1123.1

3348.2

2106.8

3090.3

5374.2

938.4

3435.6

6355.6

1077.5

3034.5

(1003.4-1242.8)

(2871.7-3824.7)

(1813.4-2400.3)

(2842.4-3338.1)

(4591.1-6157.2)

(893.8-982.9)

(3049.9-3821.3)

(5919.0-6792.2)

(986.7-1168.3)

(2717.4-3351.6)

Female population, %3)

48.9

48.2

48.2

50.1

49.6

50.3

50.3

50.7

48.9

49.4

(48.8-49.0)

(47.7-48.7)

(48.2-48.3)

(50.0-50.1)

(49.2-49.4)

(50.2-50.3)

(50.2 - 50.5)

(50.6-50.8)

(48.8-48.9)

(49.3 -49.6)

Urban population, %3)

24.9

28.4

28.7

43.9

32.1

14.3

15.5

31.9

25.4

27.2

(23.8-26.0)

(25.9-30.9)

(27.9-29.5)

(41.6-46.3)

(29.4-34.8)

(13.3-15.2)

(15.3-15.8)

(31.3-32.6)

(24.4-26.3)

(25.8 -28.7)

Elderly population, %3)

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.9

4.3

3.7

7.0

7.5

2.6

4.8

(4.1-4.3)

(4.2-4.5)

(4.3-4.6)

(4.7-5.2)

(3.9-4.7)

(3.6-3.9)

(6.7-7.4)

(7.0-8.1)

(2.4-2.7)

(4.5-5.1)

Life expectancy at birth, years

65.9

62.9

62.7

66.6

72.2

63.7

72.3

73.0

57.8

66.3

(64.8-67.0)

(61.2-64.7)

(61.8-63.6)

(65.7-67.4)

(70.2-74.1)

(61.8-65.6)

(71.1-73.4)

(72.7-73.3)

(56.0-59.6)

(65.4-67.2)

N

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

(13-17)

144-153

  1. Notes: 1)Mean and 95% confidence intervals are reported, 2)In international dollar, 3)As a percentage of total population.