National Health Accounts and Health Expenditure Review

National health accounts (NHA) provide policy-makers with information on the volume and sources of financial resources for the health sector. Regular updates of the NHA facilitate reviews of trends in (public and private) health expenditure over time and help to monitor and evaluate the country's health system. The NHA can also be used to make medium term financial projections of a country's health system requirements.

HERA has conducted public health expenditure reviews in Benin, Lesotho, Tanzania and Nigeria. Within the context of the health sector review in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, HERA consultants conducted a public and private health expenditure review. For the assessment of the universal health care insurance proposal in St. Lucia, both public and private health expenditure were reviewed.