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Table 1 Mean healthcare financing indicators of the EMR countries during the years 2005–2014

From: Evaluating the health system financing of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries using Grey Relation Analysis and Shannon Entropy

Countries

Indicator

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

Afghanistan

8.188

9.32

76.05

42.177

23.626

99.574

Bahrain

3.734

9.55

20.50

818.453

68.617

65.154

Egypt

5.132

5.84

57.02

120.193

39.789

94.793

I.R Iran

6.728

13.20

52.24

360.840

38.975

85.592

Iraq

4.326

4.94

31.59

174.001

68.412

100

Jordan

8.313

15.52

27.73

311.012

64.768

77.424

Kuwait

2.612

5.81

15.27

1147.765

83.137

90.543

Lebanon

7.598

10.18

41.90

569.380

42.449

72.733

Libya

3.447

5.22

32.00

363.324

67.995

100

Morocco

5.669

5.95

57.70

156.102

33.943

87.388

Oman

2.624

5.75

10.19

488.506

82.828

59.086

Pakistan

2.997

4.48

62.07

31.350

29.468

87.952

Qatar

2.293

6.22

13.16

1733.858

82.737

76.172

Saudi Arabia

3.726

7.60

16.98

737.907

70.650

57.889

Sudan

6.908

9.88

66.91

99.842

29.227

94.458

Syrian

3.483

5.88

52.83

77.707

47.166

100

Tunisia

6.381

13.60

38.36

256.790

55.650

86.525

UAE

3.240

8.72

21.65

1312.441

68.522

67.933

Yemen

5.211

4.29

70.81

65.309

27.722

97.923

Mean

4.874

7.996

40.260

466.682

53.983

84.271

  1. Indicators: C1: Total Health Expenditure (THE) as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), C2: General Government Health Expenditure (GGHE) as % of Total Government Expenditure (TGE), C3: Out of Pocket (OOP) as % of THE, C4: THE per capita (current US$), C5: Public Health Expenditure (PHE) as % of THE, C6: Out of Pocket expenditure (OOP) as % of Private Health Expenditure (PvtHE)
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