The UAE topped the Eastern Mediterranean countries in the value of the per capita share of total health spending, which confirms the sustainability of the country's health financing system, as the compulsory spending ratio is 83% of the value of total spending on the health care sector.
The results of the first round of the results of the national health account indicate an increase in the volume of annual public and private spending on health by 26%, as the volume of domestic health spending in the UAE reached 57 billion dirhams in 2017, and the total health spending was estimated at 45 billion dirhams in 2016 according to statistics World Health Organization, by an increase in the per capita share of domestic health spending by 26%.
The health sector in the UAE has become internationally competitive
The UAE also ranked first in the Gulf, Arab and region levels in the eastern Mediterranean countries in the value of the per capita share of total health spending, which confirms the country's health financing system is sustainable, as the proportion of mandatory spending reached 83 percent of the value of total health care sector spending.
The results showed that the UAE achieved first place in the Gulf, Arab and Eastern Mediterranean countries in terms of the per capita share of total health spending, and that the country's health financing system is sustainable, with compulsory spending amounting to 83 percent of the value of total spending on the health care sector.
The health care system in the country continues to develop as one of the strongest and most resilient health systems regionally and internationally thanks to the support and directives of the UAE government to provide quality health care through a health system with international standards that is effective, flexible and sustainable, as providing a healthy life for the individual, family and society is one of the priorities of the agenda Patriotism for the UAE, so that the UAE is the best country in the world.