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Jordan
Table 2. Summary of health expenditure statistics, Jordan, 2001
Total population 5 182 000
Total health care expenditures JD 597 834 320
Per capita health care expenditures JD 1154
Gross domestic product (GDP) JD 6 258 800 000
Gross national product (GNP) JD 6 391 500 000
Per capita GDP JD 1221
Health care expenditures as percent of GDP 9.5%
Health care expenditures as percent of GNP 9.4%
Percentage of government
budget allocated to health
9.6%
Sources of health care financing (percent distribution)
Public
37.0%
Private
58.1%
Donors
Distribution of health expenditure
4.9%
Public
45.0%
Private
48.7%
UNRWA
1.3
Nongovernmental organizations
5.1%
Public health expenditure as percentage of GDP 3.5%
Private health expenditure as percentage of GDP 5.6%
International health expenditure as percentage of GDP 0.5%
Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals JD 184 630 938
Per capita pharmaceutical expenditure JD 35.6
Pharmaceuticals as percentage of GDP
Pharmaceuticals as percentage of
3.0%
total health expenditure
Distribution of pharmaceuticals expenditure
30.9%
Public
18.5%
Private
81.5%
Source: Jordan National Health Account, Draft Report, 2004.
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