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Table 1 Selected indicators of health system contexts in 6 study countries.

From: Pandemic influenza preparedness and health systems challenges in Asia: results from rapid analyses in 6 Asian countries

 

Cambodia

Indonesia

Lao PDR

Taiwan

Thailand

Viet Nam

Population (in thousands)

14,197

 

228,864

 

5,759

 

22,880

 

63,444

 

86,206

 

Human Development Index*

0.575

 

0.726

 

0.608

 

0.93

2005

0.786

 

0.718

 

GDP per capita (current US$)

512

#

1,592

#

591

#

16,740

&

3,258

#

708

#

Adult literacy rate (%)

73.6

2004

90.4

2004

68.7

2001

96.1

2003&

92.6

2000

90.3

1999

Life expectancy at birth (years) both sexes

62

 

68

 

60

 

77.89

 

72

 

72

 

Hospital beds (per 10,000 population)

1

2004

5.2

2005^

12

2005

57.3

^

21.4

2005^

26.6

 

Physicians density (per 10,000)

2

2000

1

2003

4

2004

16

2007

4

2000

6

2002

Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 10,000)

9

2000

8

2003

10

2004

43.1

2007

28

2000

8

2002

Total expenditure on health as percentage of GDP

6

 

2.2

 

3.6

 

6.1

 

3.5

 

6.6

 

Per capita total expenditure on health (US$)

30

 

34

 

22

 

970

2005

113

 

46

 

Skilled birth attendance (%)

44

 

66

 

19

 

N/A

 

97

 

88

 
  1. Note: Data are from WHO http://www.who.int/whosis/ for the year 2006 unless specify otherwise;
  2. *HDI from UNDP Human Development Report; #GDP per Capita from World Bank's World Development Indicators;
  3. ^ Hospital bed density for Taiwan from Department of Health, for Indonesia from Public Health Expenditure Review 2008 by the World Bank, and for Thailand from Thailand Health Profile 2005-7;
  4. &GDP per capita and Adult literacy rate for Taiwan are from CIA World Fact Book.