Since the early 1990’s the Pan American Health Organization has been preparing national health expenditure and financing estimates for countries in the Americas and promoting its use for policy making. PAHO’s technical cooperation in Health Accounts  / National Health Accounts.

The Area of Health Systems based on Primary Health Care (HSS) supports the activities of the Health Economics Units and Departments (HEU/HED) of the ministries of health and public health institutions of countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.