Table 1.

Dubai health account summary indicators in 2012

Health account summary indicators	THE	CHE
1. HE % GDP	3.4	3.10
2. General government expenditure on health as % of GDP	1.10	1.00
3. General government expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure	9.70	10.80
4. General government expenditure on health as % of HE	32.10	32.60
5. Private expenditure on health as % of HE	67.90	67.40
6. Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health	29.30	32.20
7. Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of HE	19.90	21.70
8. Private insurance as % of private expenditure on health	49.10	53.90
9. Private insurance as % of HE	33.40	36.30
10. Expenditure on inpatient care as % of HE	7.6	30
11. Government expenditure on inpatient care as % of general government expenditure on health	45.2	48.40
12. Prevention and public health services as % of HE	5.10	5.50
13. Medical goods as % of HE	18.50	20.20
14. HE per capita at exchange rate (NCU per US$)	941	866
15. HE per capita at PPP (NCU per US$)	934	859
16. General government expenditure on health per capita at exchange rate (NCU per US$)	302	282
17. General government expenditure on health per capita at PPP (NCU per US$)	300	280
18. Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita at exchange rate (NCU per US$)	187	187

Note: Data from Dubai Health Authority. Health Accounts System of Dubai 2012 Report. A Baseline for a New Era. Dubai: Dubai Health Authority; 2012. Available from: http://www.isahd.ae/content/docs/HASD%20English%202012.pdf. Accessed September 3, 2014.⁸

Abbreviations: CHE, current health expenditure; GDP, gross domestic product; HE, health expenditure; NCU, national currency units; PPP, purchasing power parity; THE, total health expenditure.