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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for national level variables

From: Inputs for universal health coverage: a methodological contribution to finding proxy indicators for financial hardship due to health expenditure

National level variables

Mean

Standard deviation

Per capita total health expenditure (PPP $)

368.0

435.5

Government health expenditure as % of total government expenditure (%)

9.7

3.6

Out-of-pocket payments as a % of total health expenditure (%)

41.5

19.2

Gini coefficient of total household expenditure

0.443

0.104

Percentage of countries with predominately tax-funded prepayment (%)

76.5

42.8

Percentage of countries with predominately social health insurance-funded prepayment (%)

15.7

36.7

Percentage of countries with predominately mixed financing of prepayment (%)

7.8

27.2