War & Health

The 20/20 Health Systems Project just launched with a new web-accessible database of health systems statistics:

The Health Systems Database draws data from publicly available and internationally comparable databases. Sources are publications from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More recent data may be available from other sources including in-country sources. The user contribution section of this tool is designed to capture and share such information.

Hat tip to the Global Health Policy blog.

Full list of variables in the datasets after the break.

Key Health System Indicators by Country and Corresponding Peer Groups:

Core Module

• Population, total
• Population growth (annual %)
• Rural Population
• Urban Population (% of total)
• Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
• Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
• Pregnant women who received 1+ antenatal care visits (%)
• Pregnant women who received 4+ antenatal care visits (%)
• Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49)[4]
• Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
• Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
• Mortality rate under-5 (per 1,000)
• Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 births)[5]
• GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$)
• GDP growth (annual %)
• Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate
• Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health
• Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health
• Gini index

Governance Module

• Voice Accountability - Point Estimate[6]
• Voice Accountability - Percentile Rank[7]
• Political Stability - Point Estimate[6]
• Political Stability - Percentile Rank[7]
• Government Effectiveness - Point Estimate[6]
• Government Effectiveness - Percentile Rank[7]
• Rule of Law - Point Estimate[6]
• Rule of Law - Percentile Rank[7]
• Regulatory Quality - Point Estimate[6]
• Regulatory Quality - Percentile Rank[7]
• Control of Corruption - Point Estimate[6]
• Control of Corruption - Percentile Rank[7]

Health Financing Module

• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
• Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$)[8]
• Government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure
• Public (government) spending on health as % of total health expenditure
• Donor spending on health as % of total health spending
• Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health
• Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of total expenditure on health

Service Delivery Module

• Number of hospital beds (per 10,000 population)
• Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel
• DTP3 immunization coverage: one-year-olds immunized with three doses of diphtheria, tetanus toxoid (DTP3) and pertussis (%)
• Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
• Pregnant women who received 1+ antenatal care visits (%)
• Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
• Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
• Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 births)[5]
• Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49)[4]

Human Resource Module

• Physicians (density per 1,000 population)
• Nurses (density per 1,000 population)
• Midwives (density per 1,000 population)
• Pharmacists (density per 1,000 population)
• Lab technicians (density per 1,000 population)

Pharmaceutical Module

• Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals (% total expenditure on health)
• Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals (per capita at average exchange rate) in US$
• Government expenditure on pharmaceuticals (per capita at average exchange rate) in US$
• Private expenditure on pharmaceuticals (per capita at average exchange rate) in US$

Health Information System (HIS) Module [10], [11]

• Maternal mortality ratio reported by national authorities (Timeliness of reporting, years)[12]
• Mortality rate under-5 (Timeliness of reporting, years)[12]
• HIV prevalence among pregnant women aged 15-24 (Timeliness of reporting, years)[13]
• Proportion of children under 5 years who are underweight for age (Timeliness of reporting, years)[12]
• Number of hospital beds (Timeliness of reporting, years)[14]
• Contraceptive prevalence (Timeliness of reporting, years)[15}
• Percentage of surveillance reports received at the national level from districts compared to number of reports expected (Completeness of reporting,%)[16]

Variables in the Custom Health System Data Sets

• Contraceptive prevalence (Timeliness of reporting, years)
• Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
• Control of Corruption - Percentile Rank
• Control of Corruption - Point Estimate
• Donor spending on health as % of total health spending
• DTP3 immunization coverage: one-year-olds immunized with three doses of diphtheria, tetanus toxoid (DTP3) and pertussis (%)
• Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
• GDP growth (annual %)
• GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$)
• Gini index
• Government Effectiveness - Percentile Rank
• Government Effectiveness - Point Estimate
• Government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure
• Government expenditure on pharmaceuticals (per capita at average exchange rate) in US$
• HIV prevalence among pregnant women aged 15-24 (Timeliness of reporting, years)
• Lab technicians (density per 1,000 population)
• Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
• Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 births)
• Maternal mortality ratio reported by national authorities (Timeliness of reporting, years)
• Midwives (density per 1,000 population)
• Mortality rate under-5 (per 1,000)
• Mortality rate under-5 (Timeliness of reporting, years)
• Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
• Number of hospital beds (Timeliness of reporting, years)
• Number of hospital beds (per 10,000 population)
• Nurses (density per 1,000 population)
• Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health
• Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of total expenditure on health
• Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$)
• Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate
• Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel
• Percentage of surveillance reports received at the national level from districts compared to number of reports expected (Completeness of reporting,%)
• Pharmacists (density per 1,000 population)
• Physicians (density per 1,000 population)
• Political Stability - Percentile Rank
• Political Stability - Point Estimate
• Population growth (annual %)
• Population, total
• Pregnant women who received 1+ antenatal care visits (%)
• Pregnant women who received 4+ antenatal care visits (%)
• Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49)
• Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health
• Private expenditure on pharmaceuticals (per capita at average exchange rate) in US$
• Proportion of children under 5 years who are underweight for age (Timeliness of reporting, years)
• Public (government) spending on health as % of total health expenditure
• Regulatory Quality - Percentile Rank
• Regulatory Quality - Point Estimate
• Rule of Law - Percentile Rank
• Rule of Law - Point Estimate
• Rural Population
• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
• Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals (% total expenditure on health)
• Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals (per capita at average exchange rate) in US$
• Urban Population (% of total)
• Voice Accountability - Percentile Rank
• Voice Accountability - Point Estimate