By 2040, people in developing countries will continue to
spend a greater proportion of their own money on healthcare than those in the
developed world as national health spending is failing to keep up with demand,
a Lancet study warns.
The researchers say that low-income countries only spend
around 3 US cents on health for each dollar that rich countries spend. This is
unlikely to change in the next 25 years despite growing wealth, according to
the paper. This means people living in these countries will have to spend a
larger share of their own income on private healthcare than those in rich
countries - or forego important health treatments, the authors say.
The research also found that donor money for health services
in developing countries is levelling off after tripling between 2000 and 2010.
Funding for maternal and child health is growing, but money to care for people
with health problems such as HIV/AIDS tuberculosis and malaria is decreasing,
the study says
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