Dictionary
The Dictionary provides concise definitions of health economics terms, arranged alphabetically for quick reference. Use it to understand unfamiliar terminology or confirm the meaning of a specific term.
H
- Health Spending
- The total resources devoted to healthcare goods and services within a defined population and period, from all funding sources.
- Health Spending as GDP Share
- A measure expressing total health expenditure as a percentage of a country's gross domestic product, used for cross-country comparison.
P
- Per Capita Health Spending
- A measure of average healthcare expenditure found by dividing total health spending by population size, standardising for comparison across regions.
- Programme BudgetingProgram Budgeting
- A budgeting approach organising health spending around specific programmes or disease areas rather than input categories, allowing cross-programme comparison.