From : MAMULASHVILI, Nino <mamulashvilin@who.int>
To : Ketevan Goginashvili <kgoginashvili@moh.gov.ge> (kgoginashvili@moh.gov.ge) <kgoginashvili@moh.gov.ge>
Subject : health economic indicators
Received On : 17.01.2019 07:49

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Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments have fallen as public spending has increased. Nevertheless, current health expenditure (CHE) is still dominated by OOP payments (57% in 2015), two thirds of which are for outpatient pharmaceuticals.

 

o   Total public health expenditure in Georgia is app. 3.1 percent of GDP. Out-Of-Pocket Spending as a % of Total Health Expenditure remains to be very high in Georgia (55.6% in 2016).

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Economic indicators (2016)

 

Government (public) health expenditure as share (%) of GDP 

3.1

 

Government health expenditure per capita (USD)

121

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

9.7

 

 

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Dr. Nino Mamulashvili

Program Coordinator

WHO Country Office Georgia

Office location: 81 Vasil Barnov Street, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia

Mailing address: UN House, 9 Rapiel Eristavi Street, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia

Mobile: +995 599 567 244

E-mail: mamulashvilin@who.int

GPN: 74212