* CONTENTS

1. Introduction 2. Structure and Trends of Health Expenditure 3. Conclusions

* SUMMARY

Prior to the development of the Mongolian National Health Accounts, there were no routine statistics on health expenditure and healthcare financing were available in Mongolia. The SHA-based estimates represent the first pilot estimates of national health expenditure for Mongolia. Earlier some estimates of public sector health expenditure have been published by government departments, but these estimates were restricted to expenditures by the Ministry of Health and provincial health departments. These estimates were did not include health expenditure funded by the private and foreign sectors. Furthermore, these estimates were inadequate, because it was difficult to obtain reliable information on health spending from other government ministries and agencies. Health expenditures from 1999-2002 have been calculated according to the financing source, health care function and health care provider, and also organized by System of Health Accounts (SHA) standard tables. Calculations of health expenditures were made at administrative levels by regions, aimags and capital city...