世界衛(wèi)生組織:各國政府必須增加醫(yī)療支出

世界衛(wèi)生組織:各國政府必須增加醫(yī)療支出

Governments must boost spending on primary healthcare by at least an additional one percent of their gross domestic product to widen coverage and stop impoverishing patients, the World Health Organisation says.

世界衛(wèi)生組織(who)表示，各國政府必須將基礎醫(yī)療支出至少再提高國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值(gdp)的1%，以擴大醫(yī)療覆蓋面，并停止讓患者陷入貧困。

Despite some progress, more people are having to pay out-of-pocket for often costly medicines and treatment, the UN agency said on Sunday in a report compiled with the OECD and World Bank.

該聯(lián)合國機構(gòu)周日在與經(jīng)合組織(OECD)和世界銀行(World Bank)合編的一份報告中表示，盡管取得了一些進展，但越來越多的人不得不自掏腰包購買往往昂貴的藥物和治療。

Public investment in primary healthcare close to home, including immunisation, is key to extending coverage and saving lives, it said.

報告稱，公共投資于包括免疫接種在內(nèi)的家庭附近的初級衛(wèi)生保健，是擴大覆蓋面和拯救生命的關鍵。

"We believe it is achievable and affordable," Dr Peter Salama, WHO executive director of universal health coverage, told a news conference.

“我們相信這是可以實現(xiàn)的，也是負擔得起的，”世衛(wèi)組織全民健康覆蓋執(zhí)行主任Peter Salama博士在新聞發(fā)布會上說。

It would cost an additional $US200 billion per year to scale up primary healthcare in low and middle-income countries, he said.

他說，要在中低收入國家擴大初級衛(wèi)生保健規(guī)模，每年還需額外支出2,000億美元。

Some $US7.5 trillion is spent on health globally each year, according to the report, issued on the eve of a health summit at the UN General Assembly.

根據(jù)聯(lián)合國大會衛(wèi)生峰會前夕發(fā)布的這份報告，全球每年在衛(wèi)生方面的支出約為7.5萬億美元。

Barely half of the world's 7.7 billion people are covered by essential health services, the report said, calling for doubling that figure.

報告稱，全球77億人口中，只有不到一半的人享受基本醫(yī)療服務，并呼吁將這一數(shù)字翻一番。

Yet if current trends continue, allowing for population growth, up to five billion people will miss out on health care in 2030, the target for universal health coverage set by world leaders in 2015, it said.

然而，如果目前的趨勢繼續(xù)下去，考慮到人口增長，2030年將有多達50億人失去醫(yī)療保障，這是世界各國領導人2015年制定的全民醫(yī)保目標。

About 925 million people spend more than 10 percent of their household income on healthcare, including 200 million people who spend more than 25 per cent, the report said.

報告稱，約9.25億人將家庭收入的10%以上用于醫(yī)療保健，其中2億人的支出超過25%。

"It is quite shocking to see the increasing number of people which are at risk of poverty due to health spending," said Francesca Colombo, who heads the health division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

經(jīng)濟合作與發(fā)展組織(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)衛(wèi)生部門負責人弗朗西斯卡·科倫坡(Francesca Colombo)說：“看到越來越多的人由于醫(yī)療支出而面臨貧困的危險，相當令人震驚。”

"Even in high-income countries ... there has been growth in the share and in the number of people who spend large proportions of their household budgets on health," she said.

“即使在高收入國家……把家庭預算的很大一部分用于衛(wèi)生保健的比例和人數(shù)都在增加。”