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Table 3 Country profiles of four countries included in the case studies (2010)

From: Comparison of medicines management strategies in insurance schemes in middle-income countries: four case studies

 

Indonesia

China

Ghana

Mexico

Demographics

 Number of inhabitants in 1,000 s

242,326

1,355,243

24,966

114.8

 Life expectancy in years 2011

   Male

68

74

62

72

   Female

71

77

65

78

  Population distribution

   Median age

28

35

21

27

   % population under 15

27

19

38

29

   % population over 60

8

13

6

9

Economics and health systems financing

 Income group

Lower middle

Upper middle

Lower middle

Upper middle

 % total health expenditure of GDP

2.8

5.0

5.2

6.3

 % public expenditure of THE

36.1

54.3

58.2

49.0

 % pharmaceutical expenditure of THE

1/3

   

 per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $)

123

373

85

962

Health indicators

 Age-standardized mortality rates by NCD (per 100,000 population) 2008

647

604

711

493

 Prevalence of raised fasting blood glucose among adults aged ≥ 25 years] (%) 2008

   Male

6.6

9.6

9.9

13.2

   Female

7.1

9.4

10.3

14.9

  Prevalence of raised blood pressure among adults aged ≥ 25 years 2008

   Male

32.5

29.8

32.7

27.4

   Female

29.3

25.6

31.6

21.5

  Adults aged ≥20 years who are obese, 2008

   Male

2.5

4.6

4.4

26.7

   Female

6.9

6.5

11.7

38.4

  Prevalence of smoking any tobacco product among adults aged ≥15 years (%), 2009

   Male

61

51

11

24

   Female

5

2

3

8

   Alcohol consumption Among adults aged ≥15 years (litres of pure alcohol per person per year) 2008

0.6

5.6

3.1

8.6

   Maternal mortality, 2011

   Deaths per 100 000 live births

220

37

350

50

   Under five mortality, 2011

   Total number of such deaths per 1000 live births

151

15

78

16

   Vaccination measles Immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 2011

89

99

91

98

   HIV prevalence

   HIV infections per 100 000 population per year

155

…

907

156

Health systems capacity

 Number of physicians per 10,000 inhabitants

2.0

14.6

0.9

19.6

 Hospital beds (per 10,000 population)

6

39

9

17

 Formal population coverage (% covered by insurance or tax-based arrangements)

40–60%

  

75–100%

 Year of implementation UHC

2005

  

2003