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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has collated on the proportion of total expenditure on health which is met by (a) private funding and (b) public funding in (i) each EU country, (ii) the USA, (iii) Australia and (iv) New Zealand in 1998. [22791] Mr. Hutton: [holding answer 13 December 2001]: The latest figures for the proportion of total health expenditure that is met by (a) private funding and (b) public funding in (i) each European Union country, (ii) the USA, (iii) Australia and (iv) New Zealand are set out in the table. Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Private Public 1998 1999 1998 1999 Austria 28 28 72 72 Belgium 29 28 71 72 Denmark 18 18 82 82 Finland 23 25 77 75 France 24 24 76 76 Germany 24 -- 76 -- Greece 43 -- 57 -- Ireland 24 -- 76 -- Italy 29 28 71 72 Luxembourg 8 7 92 93 Netherlands 31 32 69 68 Portugal 33 -- 67 -- Spain 23 -- 77 -- Sweden 16 -- 84 -- United Kingdom 16 17 84 83 Australia 30 -- 70 -- New Zealand 23 22 77 78 United States 55 55 45 45 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: OECD Health Data 2001

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

377 c448-9W;377 c449W; 22791

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Australia EU countries Health services Finance Private sector Public sector New Zealand USA

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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