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These externally derived macro-fiscal factors, along with official development assistance (ODA), may influence the fiscal space for health and policy decisions that co-determine to what extent countries finance their health systems with domestic government funds (GHE-S), and to what extent they rely on household out-of-pocket payments (OOP). The levels and balance of these sources have great implications for health service access and health outcomes, particularly among poorer population groups. However, we did not identify studies that have jointly examined how these key external factors are associated with GHE-S and OOP, nor compared their correlation sizes. This is key for understanding which might be the most effective policy levers for pursuing universal health coverage (UHC). We performed a panel data study of 105 LMICs from 2005 to 2019, investigating associations between GHE-S and OOP, and a set of ODA-, public external debt- and IMF programme, and conditionality variables. 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