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{
    "link": "http://apps.who.int/nha/database/Select/Indicators/en",
    "retrievedDate": "04/11/2017",
    "additionalInfo": "General Government Health Expenditure is defined by the WHO as \"the sum of health outlays paid for in cash or supplied in kind by government entities, such as the Ministry of Health, other ministries, parastatal organizations or social security agencies (without double counting government transfers to social security and extrabudgetary funds). It includes all expenditure made by these entities, regardless of the source, so includes any donor funding passing through them. It includes transfer payments to households to offset medical care costs and extrabudgetary funds to finance health services and goods. It includes current and capital expenditure\".\r\n\r\nTotal expenditure on health is defined by the WHO as \"the sum of all outlays for health maintenance, restoration or enhancement paid for in cash or supplied in kind. It is the sum of General Government Expenditure on Health and Private Expenditure on Health\".\r\n\r\nAdditional information on definitions regarding Health Expenditure is available in the \"Health Expenditure Indicator Definitions\" document downloadable here here . (http://apps.who.int/nha/database/DocumentationCentre/Index/en).\r\n\r\nAdditional information on how data for the National Health Accounts are collected, assembled and harmonized is available in the System of Health Account. (http://www.who.int/health-accounts/methodology/sha2011.pdf)",
    "dataPublishedBy": "World Health Organisation (WHO). Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED): General government health expenditure (GGHE)",
    "dataPublisherSource": "WHO updates the data annually, adjusting and estimating the numbers based on publicly available reports (health account reports, reports from the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, National Statistics Offices, public expenditure information and reports from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, etc.)"
}