United Arab Emirates Health expenditure profile
HEALTH SPENDING IN BRIEF WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH?
1.5%
Health spending (% of GDP) 3.5 7.5%
Health expenditure per capita (US$) 1,323 18.6% Public Out-of-pocket Public spending on health per capita (US$) 959 Voluntary prepayment External 72.5% Other GDP per capita (US$) 37,622
Life expectancy, both sexes (years) 77
RICHER COUNTRIES SPEND MORE ON HEALTH… …BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS A SHARE OF GDP
10,000 25
20
1,000 15
10 100
Health spending % of GDP 5
Health spending per capita (US$, log scale) 10 0 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 GDP per capita (US$, log scale) GDP per capita (US$, log scale)
MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON HEALTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING DOES GOVERNMENT SPEND ENOUGH ON HEALTH?
100 2,000 12
80 1,500 9
60
1,000 6 % US$ 40
500 3 20
Out-of-pocket spending % of health 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Public spending on health % of GDP Health spending per capita (US$, bars) Government health spending % of total government spending (line) United Arab Emirates
PRIORITY OF HEALTH IN BUDGET ALLOCATION IS A POLITICAL CHOICE
25
20
15
10
5 Government health spending % of total government spending 0 Italy Qatar Oman Latvia Israel SpainMalta Palau Chile Japan Kuwait Cyprus Greece Poland Estonia Finland AustriaIceland France Canada Ireland Monaco Bahrain Hungary Portugal Slovenia SlovakiaAndorra Belgium NorwaySweden Uruguay Barbados Lithuania ArgentinaSingapore BahamasDenmarkAustralia Germany Seychelles San Marino Switzerland Saudi Arabia Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Czech Republic United Kingdom Republic of Korea Brunei Darussalam Trinidad and Tobago UnitedSaint Arab Kitts Emirates and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda
IS RELIANCE ON OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING DECREASING OVER TIME?
100
80
60
40
20
0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Public External Other Voluntary prepayment Out-of-pocket
WHEN PUBLIC SOURCES SPEND MORE ON HEALTH, DO HOUSEHOLDS SPEND LESS?
50,000 5
40,000 4
30,000 3
20,000 2
10,000 1 % of GDP (lines)
GDP per capita (US$, bars) 0 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
GDP per capita (US$, bars) Public spending on health (% of GDP) Out-of-pocket spending (% of GDP)
HOW IS PUBLIC FUNDING CHANNELED?
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES COMPULSORY HEALTH INSURANCE 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
1,250 1,000 750 500 250 0 Per capita (US$)
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database. Data are for 2016 unless otherwise specified.