YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. For the first time a report on the 2004-2006 National Health Accounts has been made in Armenia. According to the information provided by Ara Ter-Grigorian, the Head of the RA State Health Agency, at the presentation of the report held on October 19, the health expenses made more than 12.4 million drams, in general, in 2006 in the RA Health System instead of the 12.1 million drams of 2005, according to the National Health Accounts. According to him, the financing volumes of the 2005-2006 RA Health System have mainly fallen to the lot of the state sources. In 2006 the volumes of the expenses made in the system for a person made 38 597 drams (approximately 113 U.S. dollars) instead of the 33 925 drams of 2004 (increase makes 14%). The financing from the state sources for a person made 13 090 drams in 2006 instead of the 8278 dreams of 2004 (increase by 58%). The financing provided by private sources made 19 921 drams in 2006 instead of the 23 362 drams of 2004 (decrease by 17%). The volumes of the expenditures made by foreign donors for a person made 5586 drams in 2006 instead of the 2285 drams of 2004. In the words of Ara Ter-Grigorian, there is a considerable increase in the expenses of the state sources among general health ones. He stated that in parallel with the increase in the expenditures made by the state sources and foreign donors, the volumes of the expenditures made in the health system by private sources have decreased.

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