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Health Systems Profile- Kuwait Regional Health Systems Observatory- EMRO
6 HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE
6.1 Health Expenditure Data and Trends
Table 6-1 Health Expenditure
Indicators 1990 1995 2000 2002
Total health expenditure/capita, - - 537 552
Total health expenditure as % of GDP
- - 3.9 3.8
Investment Expenditure on Health - - - -
Public sector % of total health
expenditure
- - 78 75.2
Source: http://www.who.int/countries/kwt/en/index.html
The world health report 2005
Table 6-2 Sources of finance, by percent
Source 1990 1995 2001 2002
General Government - - 78.1 75.2
Central Ministry of Finance - - 78.1 -
State/Provincial Public Firms Funds - - - -
Local - - - -
Social Security - - 0 -
Private - - 21.2 24.8
Private Social Insurance - - - -
Other Private Insurance - - - 5.7
Out of Pocket - - 21.2 94.3
Non profit Institutions - - - -
Private firms and corporations - - - -
External sources (donors) - - - -
Source: http://www.who.int/countries/kwt/en/index.html
The government spent 6.7% of its 2002/03 budget on health services, a significant rise
in value terms on the previous year, when it represented 6.3% of a smaller overall
outturn. Concerns about spiraling healthcare costs have been addressed through the
introduction of a law requiring expatriates to pay for the use of public hospitals and
clinics. The introduction of healthcare charges made a noticeable impact on actual
revenue received during the first nine months of the 2001/02 fiscal year. Income from
health services almost trebled to KD26.5m (US$86.3m) during this period from KD9.4m
during the corresponding months of 2000/01. The Ministry of Health is the third largest
public-sector employer after the ministries of education and interior, but only half of its
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