Chapter 1
i $ indicates USD.
ii Unless otherwise mentioned, we use international dollar (PPP) for all economic indicators.
iii While estimates from other sources may differ from IMF estimates, the overall picture would be more or less the same.
iv These rankings reflect the ranking as per the WHO study World Health Report, 2000. No recent data on health system performance is available on all WHO countries since then. It is possible that the rankings have changed; but the United States still continues to top the list of countries on health spending, but not on health system performance.
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