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. 2017 Aug 19;2(3):e000481. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000481

Table 1.

Data availability on health system investment and performance from WHO, World Bank and Transparency International

Health system investment and performance measures Countries with publicly available data, n (%)
2015 – 2010 – 2014 2005 – 2009 2000 – 2004 1995 – 1999 – 1994 No Data
Doctors per 1000 0 (0%) 161 (74%) 13 (6%) 19 (9%) 12 (6%) 3 (1%) 11 (5%)
Nurses and midwives per 1000 0 (0%) 155 (71%) 16 (7%) 20 (9%) 2 (1%) 0 (0%) 26 (12%)
Community Health Workers per 1000 0 (0%) 14 (6%) 19 (9%) 38 (17%) 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 146 (67%)
Pharmaceutical personnel per 1000 0 (0%) 100 (46%) 52 (24%) 26 (12%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 41 (19%)
OOP as % of health expenditure 0 (0%) 190 (87%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 29 (13%)
New TB treatment success rate 0 (0%) 187 (85%) 0 (0%) 3 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 29 (13%)
Completeness of death registration 0 (0%) 88 (40%) 28 (13%) 2 (1%) 1 (0.5%) 0 (0%) 100 (46%)
Median availability of selected generic medicines 0 (0%) 38 (17%) (2007–13) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 181 (83%)
Hospital beds per 1000 0 (0%) 155 (71%) 31 (14%) 3 (1%) 5 (2%) 6 (3%) 19 (9%)
Hospitals per 1 00 000 0 (0%) 137 (63%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 82 (37%)
Health centres per 1 00 000 0 (0%) 112 (51%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 107 (49%)
Antenatal care coverage 4 (2%) 118 (54%) 20 (9%) 1 (0.5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 76 (35%)
Corruption Perception Index 168 (76%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 52 (24%)

OOP, out of pocket; TB, tuberculosis.