Mental health promotion for elderly populations in World Health Organization South-East Asia Region: Needs and resource gaps

Table 1 Existing health facilities with special reference to mental health (policy/plans/budgetary allocations) in World Health Organization South- East Asia Region Organization countries

Mental health policies and implementations	India	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Indonesia	Korea	Maldives	Myanmar	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Thailand	Timor-leste
Current health expenditure as share of GDP	3.6%	2.4%	3.5%	3.1%	Not found	10.6%	5.1%	6.3%	4.2%	3.7%	2.4%
Domestic general government health expenditure	3.1	3.4	8.3	8.3	-	20.2	4.8	5.3	8.6	15.3	3.2
Health worker density (per 10000 population)	27.5	8.3	19.3	24.4	81	50	17.9	33.5	31.7	38.15	25.04
Stand-alone policy or plan for mental health	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
The mental health policy/plan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Policy/plan in line with human rights covenants	5	4	3	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4
Stand-alone law for mental health	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Dedicated authority or independent body assessing the compliance	Yes	No	No	Not found	Yes	Not found	Nonfunctional	Not found	Not found	Irregular and partial	Not found
Law is in line with human rights covenants	5	2	2	5	3	Not found	Not found	Not found	5	4	5
Existence of at least two functioning programs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not found	Yes	Not found	Not found	Not found	Yes	Yes	Yes
Existence of a suicide prevention strategy	No	No	Yes	Not found	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Total mental health expenditure/-person (reported currency)	4 INR	2.4 BDT (2.0 INR)	6.73 BTN (6.73 INR)	Not found	76370.40 KRW (5014 INR)	Not found	58.92 MMK (3 INR)	Not found	Not found	46.48 THB (112.4 INR)	Not found
The government’s expenditure on mental health as % of total health expenditure	1.30%	0.50%	0.30%	6.00%	3.80%	Not found	0.36%	Not found	Not found	0.30%	Not found

GDP: Gross domestic product; BDT: Currency code of Bangladesh; INR: Indian Ruppee; KRW: Korea won; MMK: Official currency of Myanmar; THB: Thailand Baht.