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Kyrgyzstan
Baktygul Akkazieva
Economic trends
• The economy in Kyrgyzstan was largely unaffected by the crisis, although
real per capita GDP did contract in 2010.
• Unemployment rates remained low between 2008 and 2011.
• Government spending as a share of GDP is below the European mean,
although it increased between 2008 and 2011; the level of health spending
fell below the European mean in 2010 and 2011.
• Although OOP payments were the dominant source of health financing
in the early 2000s, the government became the main financer of health
care in 2006. Per capita OOP expenditure declined in 2010 and 2011
(Kyrgyzstan: Figs 1 and 2).
Policy responses
Changes to public funding for the health system
• Public spending on health increased by 37% in real terms between 2010
and 2012.
Changes to health coverage
Population (entitlement)
• No response reported.
The benefits package
• No response reported.
User charges
• No response reported.
Changes to health service planning, purchasing and delivery
Prices of medical goods
• No response reported.
Salaries and motivation of health sector workers
• No response reported.