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. 2016 Nov 8;389(10067):403–476. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31599-9

Table 3.

Mean per capita TPE and THE per country by income group in 2010

Mean per capita TPE*
Mean per capita THE
Public expenditure ($) Private expenditure ($) Total $ Public expenditure ($) Private expenditure ($) Total $ % TPE of THE
High (n=49) $279·2 (60·9%) $179·2 (39·1%) $458·4 $2203·0 (73·1%) $811·7 (26·9%) $3014·7 15·2%
Upper-middle (n=53) $39·6 (37·2%) $66·7 (62·8%) $106·3 $334·4 (63·9%) $189·0 (36·1%) $523·4 20·3%
Lower-middle (n=48) $11·9 (32·4%) $24·8 (67·6%) $36·7 $88·9 (60·1%) $59·1 (39·9%) $148·0 24·8%
Low (n=32) $2·0 (22·7%) $6·8 (77·3%) $8·8 $13·9 (40·1%) $20·8 (59·9%) $34·7 25·4%
Total (n=182) $90·2 (54·3%) $75·8 (45·7%) $166·0 $716·4 (71·0%) $292·8 (29·0%) $1009·2 16·4%

Data are US$, percentages are in parentheses. TPE= total pharmaceutical expenditure. THE=total health expenditure.

*

Essential medicines expenditure is a subcomponent of TPE. The data source does not allow differentiation between expenditure on essential and non-essential medicines. Data from National Health Accounts.