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. 2013 Aug 28;29(1):e64–e82. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2213

National health expenditures, health workforce density and hospital beds per 10 000 population designed by authors on the basis of the World Health Organization database

General government expenditure on health as % of THE Private-sector expenditure on health (PvtHE) as % of THE GGHE as % of general government expenditure Per capita government expenditure on health (PPP int. $)
1995 2000 2005 2008 1995 2000 2004 2005 2008 1995 2000 2004 2005 2008 1995 2000 2004 2005 2008
GCC countries
 Bahrain 69.6 67.5 68.9 69.7 30.4 32.5 32.8 31.1 30.3 11.3 10.2 9.4 9 9.8 553 541 665 712 865
 Kuwait 82.6 77.5 75.4 76.8 17.4 22.5 22.7 24.6 23.2 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.1 6.3 866 570 644 551 611
 Oman 83.9 81.8 82 73.2 16.1 18.2 18 18 26.8 6.9 7.1 6.1 6.1 4.7 406 506 561 522 434
 Qatar 62.2 68.8 77.7 70.1 37.8 31.2 22.2 22.3 29.9 5 5 9.7 9.7 9.7 915 1000 2251 2293 1990
 Saudi Arabia 67.8 81.7 81.5 78.9 32.2 18.3 18.7 18.5 21.1 4.7 9.2 8.7 8.8 8.8 247 529 517 536 608
 United Arab Emirates 79 76.6 67.6 67.3 21 23.4 31.7 32.4 32.7 8.1 7.6 8.1 8.6 8.9 727 616 584 543 634
World Bank Income Group
 Global 62.2 57.8 58.9 60.4 37.8 42.2 41.1 41.1 39.6 13.8 14.5 15.5 15.4 15.2 267 321 407 434 520
 High income 63.6 59.4 60.4 62.2 36.4 40.6 39.6 39.6 37.8 14.3 15.6 16.7 16.8 17.1 1318 1631 2094 2225 2609
 Upper-middle income 52.8 52 53.5 56.5 47.2 48 46.3 46.5 43.5 10.3 8.9 9.9 9.5 9.7 192 246 317 346 464
 Lower-middle income 42.6 37.1 39.5 44 57.4 62.9 61.7 60.5 56 8.2 7.8 7.6 7.7 8 27 35 52 58 84
 Low income 39.7 37.6 37.7 41.8 60.3 62.4 62.9 62.3 58.2 8 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.3 12 14 18 20 30
Private insurance as % of PvtHE Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of PvtHE Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) Health workforce density and hospital beds per 10 000 population—GCC countries vs. the World Bank Income Group
GCC countries 1995 2000 2005 2008 1995 2000 2004 2005 2008 1995 2000 2004 2005 2008 Physicians density Nursing and midwifery personnel Hospital beds
 Bahrain 23.4 25.4 9.1 14.9 71.3 68.7 69.3 71.6 65 462 483 617 694 1000 14.42‡ 37.30‡ 18§
 Kuwait 6.2 6.1 8.4 8.4 93.8 93.9 91.6 91.6 91.6 615 504 635 658 1006 17.93§ 45.50§ 20§
 Oman 23.1 21.3 22.8 24 63.2 64.4 61.8 60.3 63.5 232 252 290 312 458 19.01‡ 41.10‡ 18§
 Qatar 0 0 0 0 92.7 84.5 87.2 87.7 88.7 567 659 1555 1939 2935 27.57* 73.70* 22§
 Saudi Arabia 13.6 18.3 19.8 36.7 47.5 41.3 38.5 34.9 28.4 177 338 354 507 742 9.39‡ 21.00‡ 21.7‡
 United Arab Emirates 19.7 20.2 22.6 22.2 71 69.4 68.1 67.3 67.6 713 699 794 888 1551 19.30† 40.90† 19‡
World Bank Income Group
 Global 42.5 43.9 46.6 44.2 46.4 44.6 42.4 42.7 45.2 458 484 650 694 866 14 28 29
 High income 46.5 49.1 52.3 51.1 41.8 38.2 36.3 35.9 36.8 2455 2657 3671 3887 4706 28 71 59
 Upper-middle income 24.8 24 25.6 27 69.3 70.7 68.9 69.9 68.3 196 221 280 343 572 17 26 36
 Lower-middle income 2.8 2.6 5.2 5.5 90.4 93.2 90.5 90.7 90.7 24 38 51 57 98 8 15 22
 Low income 2.9 3.9 2.8 2.7 87.4 85.6 84.4 83.3 84.8 12 14 17 19 31 2 5 13

World Bank Income Group hospital workforce density based on 2007 data and hospital beds data based on 2005 data.

THE, total expenditure on health; PvtHE, private-sector expenditure on health; GGHE, general government expenditure on health; PPP, purchasing power parity.

Hospital workforce and hospital beds data for GCC countries.

*

Year 2006 data.

†

Year 2007 data.

‡

Year 2008 data.

§

Year 2009 data.