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. 2022 May 31;20:58. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00861-y

Table 2.

Priority-setting context by country

Economic status Country Geographical region Political system Health system financing (public, private, mixed) Type of health system (UHC or not) UHC service coverage index Total health expenditure per capita in PPP-2018a
(USD)
Gini index Experience with outbreaks
High Bahamas Caribbean Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Mixed public–private (private insurance) UHC 75 2.005 Influenza
Chile South America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (public insurance and private insurance) UHC 70 2.305 46.6 Influenza
Panama Central America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (private insurance) UHC 79 1.856 49.9 Influenza
Upper middle Argentina South America Presidential republic Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) UHC 76 1.989 40.6 Influenza
Brazil South America Federal presidential republic Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) UHC 79 1.530 50.3

Influenza

Zika

Chikungunya

Dengue

Yellow fever

Colombia South America Presidential republic Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) UHC 76 1.155 49.7

Influenza

Zika

Chikungunya

Dengue

Yellow fever

Dominican Republic Caribbean Presidential republic Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) UHC 74 1.017 45.7

Influenza

Zika

Chikungunya

Dengue

Mexico North America Federal presidential republic Social security mixed with private (out-of-pocket and private health insurance) UHC 76 1.154 43.4 Influenza
Paraguay South America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance) No UHC 69 935 48.8

Influenza

Zika

Chikungunya

Dengue

Peru South America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (private insurance) UHC 77 766 43.3

Influenza

Zika

Chikungunya

Dengue

Yellow fever

Lower middle Bolivia South America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) UHC 68 496 44

Influenza

Chikungunya

El Salvador Central America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) UHC 76 592 38 Influenza
Haiti Caribbean Semi-presidential republic Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) No UHC 49 143 41.1

Influenza

Zika

Chikungunya

Dengue

Honduras Central America Presidential republic Mixed public–private (out-of-pocket, private insurance, donors) No UHC 65 362 50.3 Influenza

PPP purchasing power parity, UHC universal health coverage

aInternational US dollars. Not inflation-adjusted