Table 1.

Description of health care system coverage and funding mechanism in 119 countries grouped according to ISN region and World Bank income group

Region/group	Publicly funded by government; free at the point of delivery	Publicly funded by government but with some fees at the point of delivery	Mix of public and private funding systems	Solely private and out of pocket	Multiple systems programs provided by government, NGOs, and communities	Universal coverage (n = 118)
						Yes, all residents are included in the coverage	No, not all residents are included
Overall	23 (19)	28 (24)	52 (44)	0 (0)	16 (13)	69 (58)	49 (42)
ISN region
Africa	5 (15)	13 (38)	9 (26)	0 (0)	7 (21)	19 (56)	15 (44)
Eastern and Central Europe	8 (47)	6 (35)	2 (12)	0 (0)	1 (6)	12 (71)	5 (29)
Latin America and the Caribbean	2 (15)	0 (0)	11 (85)	0 (0)	0 (0)	9 (69)	4 (31)
Middle East	2 (15)	1 (8)	8 (62)	0 (0)	2 (15)	6 (46)	7 (54)
NIS and Russia	2 (33)	0 (0)	3 (50)	0 (0)	1 (17)	5 (83)	1 (17)
North America	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (50)	1 (50)
North and East Asia	0 (0)	2 (33)	4 (67)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (50)	3 (50)
Oceania and South East Asia	0 (0)	3 (23)	9 (69)	0 (0)	1 (8)	6 (50)	6 (50)
South Asia	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (40)	0 (0)	3 (60)	2 (40)	3 (60)
Western Europe	4 (40)	3 (30)	2 (20)	0 (0)	1 (10)	6 (60)	4 (40)
World Bank income group
Low income	2 (12)	7 (41)	3 (18)	0 (0)	5 (29)	9 (53)	8 (47)
Lower middle income	2 (6)	9 (27)	16 (48)	0 (0)	6 (18)	19 (59)	13 (41)
Upper middle income	9 (29)	4 (13)	15 (48)	0 (0)	3 (10)	17 (55)	14 (45)
High income	10 (26)	8 (21)	18 (47)	0 (0)	2 (5)	24 (63)	14 (37)

ISN, International Society of Nephrology; NGOs, nongovernmental organizations; NIS, Newly Independent States. Values are n (%).