Abstract
The present study is aimed to assess the fluctuations that have taken place in expenditures of health indicators in Pakistan during 1998-2006 and to forecast the public health expenditure in Pakistan, with testing the hypothesis that public expenditure on health has an increasing trend in Pakistan. Secondary data about major indicators of health expenditure are number of hospitals, number of dispensaries, number of basic health units and sub health centres, maternity and child health centres, rural health centres, number of total beds etc have been taken from economic survey of Pakistan 2006- 2007.The study shows that on average the total public health expenditure on health sector in Pakistan during 1998-2006 was Rs 31354.4 (million). During 1998-2006 the average of number of hospitals is 900.5, dispensaries is 4607.1, basic health units and sub health centres is 5256.6, maternity and child health centres is 881.1, rural health centres is 542.8, TB centres is 279.2, total beds is 9723.7, and total population per bed is 1465.22.There is a continuous rising tendency observed in all variables. Based upon the study as there is an increasing tendency for the demand of such types of facilities, therefore the Government should take into consideration the increasing demand for these facilities. The government should focus on this issue and should increase the shares of budget allocated for this end.
Zahoor Ahmad, , Abdul Wali Khan,. (2010) Estimating and Forecasting health indicators in Pakistan , The Dialogue, Volume 5, Issue 1.
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