Table 1.
Cost of implementing National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plans in four countries
| Country | World Bank Income Group | GDP per capita (World Bank, 2017) (US$) |
Population (World Bank, 2018) |
Current health expenditure per capita (World Bank, 2016) (US$) | Current health expenditure (% of GDP)18 | Current health expenditure (% of annual government budget)18 | Number of years for NSOAP implementation | Total NSOAP cost (US$) | NSOAP cost/year per capita (US$) | NSOAP cost/year per cap (% of THE/cap) | NSOAP cost/year (% of annual government budget) | NSOAP cost/year per cap (% of GDP/cap) |
| Zambia | Lower-middle | 1509.80 | 17 351 822 | 56.54 | 1.90 | 9.60 | 5 | 314 160 747 | 3.62 | 6.49 | 0.96 | 0.24 |
| Tanzania | Low | 936.33 | 56 318 348 | 35.50 | 2.10 | 12.10 | 7 | 597 042 037 | 1.51 | 4.20 | 0.62 | 0.16 |
| Rwanda | Low | 748.39 | 12 301 939 | 48.08 | 1.90 | 9.30 | 6 | 69 735 072 | 0.94 | 1.98 | 0.57 | 0.13 |
| Nigeria | Lower-middle | 1968.56 | 195 874 740 | 79.34 | 0.60 | 6.40 | 5 | 16 768 118 788 | 17.12 | 22.18 | 13.22 | 0.87 |
GDP, gross domestic product; NSOAP, National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plan; THE, total health expenditure.