Annex A
EU HEALTH CARE
EXPENDITURE 1998—BASED
ON OECD 2000 DATABASE
|
| Health expenditure as a
percentage of GDP
| Health expenditure as a
percentage of GDP excluding
long term care from selected
countries1
|
|
| Austria | 8.2
| 8.2 |
| Belgium | 8.8
| 8.8 |
| Denmark | 8.3
| 7.8 |
| Finland | 6.9
| 6.4 |
| France | 9.5
| 9.0 |
| Germany | 10.6
| 10.1 |
| Greece | 8.3
| 8.3 |
| Ireland | 6.4
| 6.4 |
| Italy | 8.4
| 8.4 |
| Luxembourg | 5.9
| 5.9 |
| Netherlands | 8.6
| 8.1 |
| Portugal | 7.8
| 7.8 |
| Spain | 7.1
| 7.1 |
| Sweden | 8.4
| 8.4 |
| United Kingdom | 6.7
| 6.7 |
| EU average2 | 8.0
| 7.8 |
|
1. Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands.
2. Arithmetic average.
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