Directions for question :
Consultancy firm M/S McKinsey & Company was hired by the World Health Organization in 2022 and was given the task of evaluating the total health budgets (in million USD) of five countries namely Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, Libya and South Africa.
Each of the above mentioned countries allocates its total health budget behind two parameters – healthcare budget and research and development budget. Moreover the total health budget of each country was different, and was a multiple of 50 million USD.
The report submitted by the firm had the following points :
i) Among the five countries, Ghana had the lowest total health budget and also spent the lowest on healthcare.
ii) South Africa, which had the highest total health budget and Egypt were the only countries to allocate 50% of their total health budget to healthcare.
iii) Nigeria’s healthcare budget allocation matched with that of Egypt. Also their research and development budget allocation was double than that of Ghana's research and development budget allocation.
iv) Libya was second to only South Africa and ahead of other countries in the total health budget as well as allocation to healthcare budget and research and development budget.
v) Ghana's healthcare budget allocation was only 10% of the highest healthcare budget allocation amongst all the five countries which was 250 million USD.
vi) Except Ghana's healthcare budget allocation, all other healthcare budget allocations were a multiple of 50 million USD.
From the above report, find the answers to the questions that follow :
Question:
How many times is the healthcare budget allocation of Egypt compared to the same as that of Ghana ?
1.5
2
3
4
We already know that :
|
Healthcare Budget |
Research & Development Budget |
Total Health Budget |
Ghana |
25 million USD |
75 million USD |
100 million USD |
Egypt |
100 million USD |
100 million USD |
200 million USD |
Nigeria |
100 million USD |
150 million USD |
250 million USD |
Libya |
150 million USD |
200 million USD |
350 million USD |
South Africa |
250 million USD |
250 million USD |
500 million USD |
Healthcare Budget allocation of Egypt = 100 million USD
Healthcare Budget allocation of Ghana = 25 million USD
Hence the healthcare budget allocation of Egypt compared to the same as that of Ghana is 100/25 = 4 times.