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Challenges Facing Health Expenditure in Egypt
Challenges Facing Health Expenditure in Egypt
Acknowledgments
List of participants in the roundtable proceedings
Preface
Introduction to health expenditure in Egypt
Welcome and introductions
Intervention by Mr. Abd al-Fattah al-Gebali, Head of the Economic Research Unit at the Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Intervention by Dr. Alaa Ghanaam, Expert on health policy and director of the EIPR’s Health and Human Rights Program
Discussion
Low levels of health expenditure and the vital role of advocacy groups
Economic development indicators do not necessarily reflect the reality on the ground
Criteria used to determine public spending and benefiting from current spending levels
Credibility of government figures and the percentage of government spending
Reading and understanding budgets
Out-of-pocket expenditure at 60% to 63% in 2002; currently more than 70%
State priorities in budget expenditures and the problem of unfair distribution of health services
Numbers and efficiency
Expenditure on health and expenditure on health services
Conclusion
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