title: Comparisons of health expenditure in 3 Pacific Island Countries using National Health Accounts.
abstract: National Health Accounts (NHA) is an important monitoring tool for health policy and health systems strengthening. A pilot project amongst three Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to assist in developing their NHAs, allowed these countries to identify their sources of health funds, the health providers on which these funds are spent, and the types of health goods and services provided. In this paper we report some of the findings from the NHA exercises in FSM, Fiji and Vanuatu. The development of these NHA country reports have allowed these countries to better understand the flow of financial resources from financing agents, to health providers, and to health functions. The NHA findings across the three countries enabled a comparative analysis of health expenditures between the three countries as well as with countries in the Asia Pacific Region.
authors.affiliation: Centre for International Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Irava
authors.forename: Tin Yiu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kei
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods; D001208:Asia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005367:Fiji; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008849:Micronesia; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D009514:Vanuatu