Global Estimates of Health-Related Impoverishment

WHO data on the proportion of populations pushed into or further into poverty due to out-of-pocket health spending. The dataset provides global estimates for monitoring financial hardship in healthcare. It is produced by the World Health Organization.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between out-of-pocket expenditure and poverty headcount ratios across countries.
• Analyzing trends in financial hardship due to health spending using WHO's estimated impoverishment metrics.
• Benchmarking national performance on financial protection against global estimates from WHO.
• Correlating health-related impoverishment estimates with other health financing indicators like service coverage.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization.
• Covers a global scope, enabling cross-country comparisons.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data may be aggregated estimates, limiting individual-level analysis.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO)

Geography

Global