Saint Lucia Health expenditure profile

HEALTH SPENDING IN BRIEF WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH?

3.7%

Health spending (% of GDP) 5.3 5.6%

Health expenditure per capita (US$) 490 Public 42.0% Out-of-pocket Public spending on health per capita (US$) 206 Voluntary prepayment 48.7% External Other GDP per capita (US$) 9,229

Life expectancy, both sexes (years) 75

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?

100 600 15

80

400 10 60 % US$ 40 200 5

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) Saint Lucia

PRIORITY OF HEALTH IN BUDGET ALLOCATION IS A POLITICAL CHOICE

30

20

10 Government health spending

% of total government spending 0

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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?

10,000 5

8,000 4

6,000 3

4,000 2

2,000 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

250 200 150 100 50 0 0 50 100 150 200 250 Per capita (US$) Per capita (US$) Contributions Government transfers

Source: Global Health Expenditure Database. Data are for 2016 unless otherwise specified.