Question

Health expenditure per capita generally varies in what way with increasing country income per capita?

Question 8 options:

1)	It goes up

2)	It goes down

3)	It stays about the same

4)	It varies widely

Question 9 (1 point)

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What generally happens to private expenditure on health as countries move to universal health coverage?

Question 9 options:

1)	It stays about the same

2)	It goes up

3)	It goes down

4)	It varies widely

Question 10 (1 point)

Your goal as the health minister should be to:

Question 10 options:

1)	Spend as small a share of national income as you can, while enabling high levels of health status for your population

2)	Spend a lot on health as a share of national income and enable high levels of health for your people

3)	Spend a modest amount on health and accept modest returns in terms of health status

4)	Spend little on health and accept small returns in terms of health status

Answer 1

8. Option (1).

Health expenditure per capita is the amount that countries spend on health and per capital income is the income earned per person. So naturally, as income rises health expenditure will rise.

9. Option (3).

Universal health coverage means every individual gets access to health services they need like treatment, rehabilitation etc. without having any financial hardship in paying for them. So as the country move towards universal health coverage, private expenditure on health falls, as government has to use general budget revenue to meet health costs.

10. Option (2).

Countries that place a high expenditure on health as a share of national income, have a better health status than countries that do not.