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. 2015 Jan 3;385(9962):29–35. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61828-6

Table 3.

Top 20 final destination countries of individuals initiating air travel from within Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and corresponding indicators of health system capacity

Traveller volume* Proportion of total volume (%) Health-system capacity measures (global rank out of 191 countries)
Health-care expenditure per head, US$ Physicians per 1000 people Nurses and midwives per 1000 people Hospital beds per 1000 people
Ghana 25 272 17·5% 83 (149) 0·1 (135) 0·9 (116) 0·9 (142)
Senegal 20 818 14·4% 51 (158) 0·1 (135) 0·4 (140) 0·3 (165)
UK 12 493 8·7% 3647 (20) 2·8 (42) 8·8 (23) 2·9 (69)
France 10 292 7·1% 4690 (14) 3·2 (31) 9·3 (19) 6·4 (15)
Gambia 9849 6·8% 26 (177) 0 (152) 0·6 (130) 1·1 (134)
Côte d'Ivoire 8266 5·7% 88 (147) 0·1 (135) 0·5 (136) NA
Morocco 7574 5·2% 190 (119) 0·6 (104) 0·9 (116) 0·9 (142)
Belgium 5541 3·8% 4711 (13) 3 (34) 15·8 (4) 6·5 (13)
Nigeria 4182 2·9% 94 (144) 0·4 (110) 1·6 (100) NA
China 4090 2·8% 322 (100) 1·9 (67) 1·9 (92) 3·8 (49)
Mali 3680 2·5% 42 (164) 0·1 (135) 0·4 (140) 0·1 (168)
USA 2927 2·0% 8895 (3) 2·5 (52) 9·8 (18) 2·9 (69)
India 2466 1·7% 61 (153) 0·7 (102) 1·7 (96) 0·7 (149)
Kenya 2392 1·7% 45 (162) 0·2 (122) 0·8 (121) 1·4 (123)
Germany 1825 1·3% 4683 (15) 3·8 (14) 11·5 (12) 8·2 (6)
Lebanon 1706 1·2% 675 (62) 3·2 (31) 2·7 (81) 3·5 (55)
South Africa 1558 1·1% 645 (64) 0·8 (99) 4·9 (55) NA
Guinea-Bissau 1340 0·9% 30 (175) 0 (152) 0·6 (130) 1 (139)
Canada 1299 0·9% 5741 (8) 2·1 (61) 9·3 (19) 2·7 (75)
Italy 1293 0·9% 3032 (23) 4·1 (9) 0·3 (145) 3·4 (60)

NA=No data available.

*

From Sept 1, 2013, to Dec 31, 2013.

2007–12 estimates from World Bank.