the private sector is very limited in providing inpatient care but plays a substantial role in other areas such as primary care and dental care total health expenditure per capita is half of the eu average figure one third of health spending comes from private sources largely outofpocket payments although most of the public spending on health comes from the nhif a substantial share in of nhif revenue comes from the state s budget nhif which funds the insurance coverage for the nonwoiking part of the population see section