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Table 1 General information of the Mongolian health system

From: The socio-economic transition and health professions education in Mongolia: a qualitative study

Indicators

2000

2010

2019

Health expenditure

 Current health expenditure, million tugrugs

45 951.6

250 264.7

823 888.9

 Percentage of health expenditure in general government total expenditure

10.7

8.1

7.2

 Health expenditure per capita, thousand tugrugs

19.2

91.4

258.3

 Health personnel

 Total health employees

31,507

39,608

54,687

 Physicians

6498

7497

11,788

Mid-level medical personnels (nurse, midwive, technician, etc.)

13,481

15,858

20,799

Health facilities

 Total health institutions

1580

2388

3824

 Number of state health institions

396

391

393

 Number of private health institutions

1184

1997

3431

 Total hospital beds

17,974

17,821

25,661

 Hospital beds, 1000 population

7.5

7

8

  1. Source: Mongolian Statistical Yearbook-2003, 2019, National Statistics Office of Mongolia