{"id":8527,"date":"2026-02-26T09:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/tracking-out-of-pocket-health-expenditure-under-system-of-health-accounts-2011\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:24:04","slug":"tracking-out-of-pocket-health-expenditure-under-system-of-health-accounts-2011","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/tracking-out-of-pocket-health-expenditure-under-system-of-health-accounts-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking out-of-pocket health expenditure under System of Health Accounts 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"dynamic-content__section dynamic-content__container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__section-container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__figure-container\">\n<figure class=\"dynamic-content__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/9495a809-2fa5-4491-a9aa-e18682d9e273\/content\" alt=\"Tracking out-of-pocket health expenditure under System of Health Accounts 2011\"><br \/>\n     <\/figure>\n<div class=\"button button-blue-background\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/ee28bb77-290c-469b-81d9-2ad084a1fd4c\/content\" onclick=\"sendGaEvent('Download','https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/ee28bb77-290c-469b-81d9-2ad084a1fd4c\/content')\">Download <span>(2.1 MB)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description\">\n<h3>Overview <\/h3>\n<p>Out-of-pocket (OOP) spending by households is a major way of financing health expenditure in many countries, often linking access to care with the ability to pay. This document supports efforts to improve the estimation of OOP spending within countries\u2019 health accounts (HA), recognizing its importance for understanding health financing patterns and assessing progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC).<\/p>\n<p>It introduces the concept of OOP as defined in the System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011), provides an overview of relevant data sources and estimation methods, and offers recommendations tailored to diverse national health information systems. Accurate OOP estimates help countries better monitor health system performance and inform more equitable policy decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__details\">\n<div class=\"detail who-team\">\n<div class=\"label\">WHO Team<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n                 <span><br \/>\nHealth Financing (HEF)                 <\/span>\n         <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Editors<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">World Health Organization<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Number of pages<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">27<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Reference numbers<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n<div><strong class=\"label-sm\">ISBN: <\/strong><span>978-92-4-011488-3<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Copyright<\/div>\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"creativecommons-icons-wrappers\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/igo\/deed.en\" rel=\"license\" title=\"Click here to see the details of CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/cc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/by.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/nc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/sa.svg\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n        <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/tracking-out-of-pocket-health-expenditure-under-system-of-health-accounts-2011?rand=6398\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download (2.1 MB) Overview Out-of-pocket (OOP) spending by households is a major way of financing health expenditure in many countries, often linking access to care with the ability to pay. 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