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Global Health Expenditure Database
- Alternate Title(s)
- GHED, WHO Global Health Expenditure Database
- Description
The Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) provides internationally comparable data on health spending for close to 190 countries. The database is open access and supports the goal of Universal Health Coverage by helping monitor the availability of resources for health and the extent to which they are used efficiently and equitably. This, in turn, helps ensure health services are available and affordable when people need them...WHO works collaboratively with Member States and updates the database annually using available data such as government budgets and health accounts studies. Where necessary, modifications and estimates are made to ensure the comprehensiveness and consistency of the data across countries and years. GHED is the source of the health expenditure data republished by the World Bank and the WHO Global Health Observatory. (from website)
- Subject
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Health Expenditures
- Access Rights
- Unrestricted access
- Local Experts
- Haksoon Ahn
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- MEPS
- Description
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for, as well as data on the cost, scope, and breadth of health insurance held by and available to U.S. workers. The two major components of MEPS are the Household Component and the Insurance Component.
- Subject
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Health Care Utilization
- Geographic Coverage
- United States
- Access Rights
- Fee requiredApproval requiredRegistration required
- Local Experts
- J. Kathleen TracyRichard J. Manski