Government healthcare financing and dwindling oil prices: Any alternatives for OPEC countries?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Change in government and private spending on healthcare as a % of total spending on healthcare.

Source: Author generated

Table 1. Welch’s t-test results for changes in healthcare spending in 2015–2019 compared to 2009–2013 and 2003–2007

	Spending Change in 2015–2019 vs 2009–2013		Spending Change in 2015–2019 vs 2003–2007
Countries	P-Value for % change in government spending on health as a % of total spending on health	P-Value for % change in private spending on health as a % of total spending on health	P-Value for % change in government spending on health as a % of total spending on health	P-Value for % change in private spending on health as a % of total spending on health
Algeria	0.00***	0.00***	0.04**	0.04**
Nigeria	0.77	0.35	0.00***	0.14
Venezuela	0.01***	0.01***	0.85	0.86
Iran	0.00***	0.00***	0.00***	0.00***
Iraq	0.05**	0.05**	0.00***	0.00***
Kuwait	0.01***	0.01***	0.00***	0.00***
SA	0.10*	0.10*	0.02**	0.02**
UAE	0.03**	0.03**	0.65	0.65

*** Significance at 1% level, ** Significance at 5% level, * Significance at 10% level