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Table 4 Health expenditure [53]

From: Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: a conceptual framework from a comparative study of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia

 

Total health expenditure as % of Gross Domestic Product (2008)

Government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure (2008)

Government health expenditure as % of total health expenditure (2008)

Private expenditure as a % of total health expenditure

(2008)

Out of pocket expenditure as a % of private health expenditure

(2008)

Private prepaid plans as a % of private health expenditure

(2008)

Thailand

4.0%

14.1%

75.1%

24.9%

71.1%

20.9%

Singapore

3.4%

8.2%

35.0%

65.0%

93.9%

2.8%

Malaysia

4.3%

6.9%

44.1%

55.9%

73.2%

14.4%