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. 2017 Feb 6;16:31. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0526-x

Table 1.

Selected health financing indicators for Kenya

Year
Indicator 2007 2013
 Proportion of Kenyans covered by health insurance [17] 10.0% 17.1%
Financing sources as a percentage of total health expenditure (THE) [62] 2009 2013
 Percentage of THE financed by public sources 28.8% 33.5%
 Percentage of THE financed by donors 34.5% 25.6%
 Percentage of THE financed by private sources 36.7% 39.8%
 Percentage of THE paid for through Out-of-pocket expenditure 25% 29%
 Total health expenditure (THE) per capita (USD) 55.8 66.6
 THE as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) 5.4% 6.8%
 Government health expenditure as a percentage of total government expenditure 4.6% 6.1%
 Public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP 1.6% 2.3%