Table 2.

Rank-order correlation among options

	Ranking definition 1	Ranking definition 2	Ranking definition 3	Ranking definition 4	Ranking definition 5	Ranking definition 6	Ranking definition 7	Ranking definition 8
PHC per capita USD
Ranking definition 1	1.0
Ranking definition 2	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 3	0.8	0.9	1.0
Ranking definition 4	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.0
Ranking definition 5	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.0
Ranking definition 6	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 7	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.0
Ranking definition 8	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0
PHC as a percentage of CHE
Ranking definition 1	1.0
Ranking definition 2	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 3	0.6	0.7	1.0
Ranking definition 4	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.0
Ranking definition 5	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.7	1.0
Ranking definition 6	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.0
Ranking definition 7	−0.1	0.0	0.4	−0.1	0.4	0.3	1.0
Ranking definition 8	−0.2	−0.1	0.3	−0.2	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.0
PHC allocated from GGHED as a percentage of PHC
Ranking definition 1	1.0
Ranking definition 2	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 3	0.9	0.9	1.0
Ranking definition 4	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.0
Ranking definition 5	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0
Ranking definition 6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0
Ranking definition 7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.0
Ranking definition 8	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.0
PHC GGHED per capita USD
Ranking definition 1	1.0
Ranking definition 2	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 3	1.0	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 4	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0
Ranking definition 5	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0
Ranking definition 6	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0
Ranking definition 7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.0
Ranking definition 8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	1.0

CHE, current health expenditure; GGHED, Domestic General Government Health Expenditure; PHC, primary health care.