Country ProfilesEcuador

Updates From the LAC Health Accounts Steering Committee

August 2002

Ecuador had several prior health expenditure and financing studies. The latest study, for the year 1997, was developed using Harvard's NHA approach. The Ministry of Health is to decide on the methodological approach for updating health expenditure and financing data, and for developing health accounts indicators.

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Health Account Data

- Health Accounts Data Spreadsheets - 237 KB, XLS
- WHO Health Expenditures Spreadsheets - 125 KB, XLS
- WHO Health Expenditures Spreadsheets - 47 KB, PDF
- WHO National Health Accounts Country Information (Website)

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Cuentas Nacionales de Salud 1995: Ecuador 277 KB, PDF

A 1998 National Health Accounts report prepared with the support of PHRplus and USAID, about the 1995 estimates
Cuentas Nacionales de Salud 1995: Ecuador (Resumen) A summary of the above report
Country at a Glance table Key indicators tracing the trends in social and economic development over the last three decades from the World Bank's database
Ecuador Encuesta Condiciones de Vida, 1994 Ecuador Living Conditions Survey 1994: questionnaires and other documentation
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Ecuador: Basic Socioeconomic Data Compiled by the World Bank
Ecuador: Country Health Profile PAHO's summary information on health conditions and the structure of the health system
Genderstats - Database of Gender Statistics Gender-specific data on health and other indicators from the World Bank database
Health, Nutrition, and Population Statistics Basic health, nutrition and population indicators compiled by the World Bank
Invitation for ‘Expressions of Interest’ In Major Awards 128 KB, PDF Invitation for ‘Expressions of Interest’ In Major Awards to Centres of Excellence in Latin America Under the Health Consequences of Population Change Program
Population, Health and Nutrition Statistics - USAID's interactive database This site provides statistics on population, health and nutrition, as well as related measures including HIV/AIDS, fertility and health expenditures and services.
Summary of Health Accounts in Eight LAC Countries 666 KB, PDF Report prepared by the LAC Health Reform Initiative (information on Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru)
UNDP Human Development Report 2002 This is the Human Development Report for 2002, released by the United Nations Development Programme. It is broken down by chapters and also includes a press kit and media contacts.
Using National Health Accounts to Make Health Sector Policy: Findings of a Latin America/ Caribbean Regional Workshop 97 KB, PDF This report describes the topics discussed at a two part meeting entitled, “Using NHA to Inform Decision Making in the Health Sector.” It summarizes issues raised by participants—specifically about the NHA methodology, such as difficulties in data collection, and more generally about integrating NHA into the health sector reform policy process.
Related Organizations
Banco Central Central Bank of Ecuador
Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, the Virtual Health Library, serves to the promote technical cooperation in information for and among countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censosos de Ecuador National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Ecuador
Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Ministry of Economy and Finance of Ecuador
Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador
MECOVI Ecuador (Household Survey Data) IADB, together with the World Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and with direct participation of the Bolivian government, has developed this initiative to strengthen the institutional capacity of the country to implement and analyze high quality household survey systems.  The initiative also operates in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.
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