variables: 821315

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821315 Health expenditure (as a share of GDP) - Household out-of-pocket payments % of GDP   2024-02-27 16:11:55 2024-07-08 17:22:29     1970-2022 6398   % 
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    "name": "Health expenditure (% of GDP) - Household out-of-pocket payments",
    "unit": "% of GDP",
    "shortUnit": "%",
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 0     share_gdp__financing_scheme_household_out_of_pocket_payments grapher/oecd/2024-02-23/health_expenditure/health_expenditure#share_gdp__financing_scheme_household_out_of_pocket_payments 
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            "name": "financing_scheme",
            "value": "Household out-of-pocket payments"
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 2 minor   Health expenditure (as a share of GDP) - Household out-of-pocket payments       Health expenditure in household out-of-pocket payments divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes financing schemes under which direct payment is made at the time of the purchase of goods or use of services. Households’ out-of-pocket expenditure by definition is regarded as a financing scheme. Its distinguishing characteristic is that it is a direct payment for health care goods and services from the household primary income or savings (no third-party payer is involved): the payment is made by the user at the time of the purchase of goods or use of services. Included are cost-sharing and informal payments (both in cash and kind). Out-of-pocket payments (OOP) show the direct burden of medical costs that households bear at the time of service use. (This is the reason for categorising OOP as a first-digit level category of ICHA-HF.) OOP play an important role in every health care system. In lower-income countries, out-of-pocket expenditure is often the main form of health care financing. OOP expenditure (schemes) is characterised by: - Mode of participation: voluntary, based on the willingness and ability to pay of the individual or household, though the government or voluntary insurance scheme may specify the amount of payment that is required; - Benefitentitlement:contributory:theserviceisprovidediftheindividualpays; - Basic method for fund-raising: voluntary, based on the decision of the household to use the services, and therefore to pay for them. The government may indirectly subsidise some OOP expenditures through tax deductions or credits; - Mechanism and extent of pooling funds: no inter-personal pooling. From a health policy perspective, it is important to distinguish three main types of out- of-pocket expenditure (OOP): OOP excluding cost-sharing (HF.3.1); OOP cost-sharing with government schemes and compulsory contributory health insurance schemes (HF.3.2.1); and OOP cost-sharing with voluntary insurance schemes (HF.3.2.2). The role (share) of each of these sub-categories and the changes in the share over time provide a more detailed picture of the burden of health financing on households than does just total OOP. Furthermore, the three types may provide important information about the effect of government intervention in health financing. Informal payments are considered as out-of-pocket-payments and reported under HF.3.1. Note: only formal cost-sharing is reported under HF.3.2 (Cost sharing with third- party payers). 
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