Table 2.
Selection of indicators for assessing the sustainability of the free healthcare policy in Burkina Faso, 2018–2022
| Indicator | Cost of FHCP (CFAF billionsa) | Cost of support activities for implementation of the policyb (CFAF billionsa) | Total cost (CFAF billionsa) | % of MoH budget, external financing included | % of MoH budget—current expenditure only, average 2015–2016 | % of MoH budget, external financing excluded | % of external financing for healthcare | % of household payments included in MoH budget | % of total revenue and grants | % of tax revenue | % of total current expenditure | % overall deficit (cash basis)c |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | |
| 2018 | 28.87 | 1.46 | 30.33 | 10.3 | 29.2 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 131.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 2019 | 31.76 | 1.46 | 33.22 | 12.4 | 32.0 | 16.8 | 26.2 | 141.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 12.4 |
| 2020 | 34.93 | 1.46 | 36.39 | 14.5 | 35.1 | 16.8 | 82.7 | 151.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 12.4 |
| 2021 | 38.43 | 1.46 | 39.89 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 13.0 | |||||
| 2022 | 42.27 | 1.46 | 43.73 | |||||||||
| Total (CFAF billions) | 176.26 | 7.3 | 183.56 | |||||||||
| Total ($US millions)d | 333.59 | 13.82 | 347.41 | |||||||||
| Yearly average | 35.25 | 1.46 | 36.71 | |||||||||
| Yearly average ($US millions) | 66.72 | 2.76 | 69.48 |
Sources: Columns A, B, C: MoH [36]. Columns D–H: Calculated by the authors based on data provided by the MoH, January 2018. Columns I–L: Calculated by the authors based on data from IMF [32]
CFAF West African CFA francs, IMF International Monetary Fund, MoH Ministry of Health
aUnless otherwise indicated
bThe global figure for 2018–2022 has been divided by 5
cOverall deficit as % GDP: 2018, 4.5%; 2019 and 2020, 2.9%; 2021, 2.8% [32]
d$US1 = CFAF528.38