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TABLE 12-3 Public Health Expenditures, 1990-1994

Country and Indicator 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Russia
Health Expenditure-to-GDP Ratio 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.3 4.1
Real per Capita Health Spending as % of 1990 100 92 81 99 107
Per Capita Health Spending ($US [PPPsa]) 206 198 134 166 183
Kazakstan
Health Expenditure to GDP Ratio 3.3 4.2 2.1 2.5 2.0
Real per Capita Health Spending as % of 1990 100 118 54 56 37
Per Capita Health Spending ($US [PPPs]) 183 203 86 86 56
Kyrgyz Republic
Health Expenditure to GDP Ratio 4.1 3.6 3.2 2.6 3.2
Real per Capita Health Spending as % of 1990 100 77 57 39 36
Per Capita Health Spending ($US [PPPs]) 136 124 83 56 62
Tajikistan
Health Expenditure to GDP Ratio 4.8 4.5 5.2 5.4 6.4
Real per Capita Health Spending as % of 1990 100 84 75 51 46
Per Capita Health Spending ($US [PPPs]) 117 101 87 63 60
Turkmenistan
Health Expenditure to GDP Ratio 3.7 3.7 2.0 1.8 1.2b
Real per Capita Health Spending as % of 1990 100 92 47 34 17
Per Capita Health Spending ($US [PPPs]) -- -- -- -- --
Uzbekistan
Health Expenditure to GDP Ratio 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.1 4.0
Real per Capita Health Spending as % of 1990 100 96 87 72 66
Per Capita Health Spending ($US [PPPs]) 131 135 124 103 95

NOTE: Health expenditures are deflated by the GDP deflator.

aPPP = Purchasing Power Parity.

bIf Turkmenistan's reported GDP is not adjusted for world market prices for its exports, the 1994 health expenditure to GDP ratio is 2.7. Such adjustments have little or no effect in the preceding years.

SOURCE: Klugman and Schieber (1996) and World Bank data.