Table 1.

Funding modules for the creation of central venous catheters [N (%)]

	Publicly funded by government and free at the point of delivery		Publicly funded by government but with some fees at the point of delivery		A mix of publicly funded (whether or not publicly funded component is free at point of delivery) and private systems		Solely private and out of pocket		Solely private through health insurance providers		Multiple systems - programs provided by government, NGOs, and communities		Other		Total
Overall	69	(42)	27	(16)	38	(23)	17	(10)	3	(2)	9	(5)	3	(2)	166
ISN region:
Africa	7	(17)	9	(22)	11	(27)	10	(24)	1	(2)	2	(5)	1	(2)	41
Eastern & Central Europe	14	(88)	1	(6)	1	(6)	0	(0)	0	(0)	0	(0)	0	(0)	16
Latin America	6	(27)	1	(5)	13	(59)	0	(0)	0	(0)	2	(9)	0	(0)	22
Middle East	6	(55)	3	(27)	0	(0)	0	(0)	1	(9)	1	(9)	0	(0)	11
NIS & Russia	3	(30)	4	(40)	0	(0)	2	(20)	0	(0)	1	(10)	0	(0)	10
North America & the Caribbean	4	(33)	4	(33)	3	(25)	1	(8)	0	(0)	0	(0)	0	(0)	12
North & East Asia	3	(50)	2	(33)	1	(17)	0	(0)	0	(0)	0	(0)	0	(0)	6
OSEA	4	(22)	2	(11)	7	(39)	3	(17)	0	(0)	1	(6)	1	(6)	18
South Asia	2	(25)	1	(13)	2	(25)	1	(13)	0	(0)	1	(13)	1	(13)	8
Western Europe	20	(91)	0	(0)	0	(0)	0	(0)	1	(5)	1	(5)	0	(0)	22
World Bank Groups:
Low income	3	(15)	5	(25)	4	(20)	5	(25)	0	(0)	2	(10)	1	(5)	20
Lower-middle income	7	(16)	8	(18)	13	(29)	11	(24)	1	(2)	3	(7)	2	(4)	45
Upper-middle income	15	(39)	7	(18)	12	(32)	1	(3)	1	(3)	2	(5)	0	(0)	38
High income	44	(70)	7	(11)	9	(14)	0	(0)	1	(2)	2	(3)	0	(0)	63

Abbreviations: ISN, International Society of Nephrology; NGOs, non-governmental organizations; NIS, Newly Independent States; OSEA, Oceania and South East Asia