OECD in Figures 2008
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Health spending and resources
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OECD in Figures 2008 > Demography and health > Health spending and resources
| Total expenditure | Public expenditure1 | Average annual growth rate | Health expenditure | Pharmaceutical expenditure | Acute care beds2 | Practising physicians3 | MRI scanner units | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of GDP | % of total expenditure | Per capita USD PPP | % of total expenditure | per 1 000 population | per 1 000 population | per million population | |||||||||
| 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | 2000- 06 | 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | |
| Australia | 8.8 | 7.4 | 67.0 | 65.8 | 4.5 | 2999 | 1611 | 14.2 | 12.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.9 |
| Austria | 10.1 | 9.7 | 76.2 | 72.6 | 2.0 | 3606 | 2259 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 16.8 | 7.4 |
| Belgium | 10.4 | 8.2 | 69.1 | 71.1 | 5.0 | 3488 | 1854 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| Canada | 10.0 | 9.0 | 70.4 | 71.4 | 4.7 | 3678 | 2057 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 1.4 |
| Czech Republic | 6.8 | 7.0 | 87.9 | 90.9 | 4.7 | 1490 | 899 | 23.4 | 25.1 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
| Denmark | 9.5 | 8.1 | 79.9 | 79.7 | 4.1 | 3349 | 1871 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 10.2 | .. |
| Finland | 8.2 | 7.7 | 76.0 | 74.1 | 5.6 | 2668 | 1440 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 15.2 | 4.3 |
| France | 11.1 | 9.9 | 79.7 | 78.6 | 4.2 | 3449 | 1997 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 2.1 |
| Germany | 10.6 | 10.1 | 76.9 | 81.6 | 1.4 | 3371 | 2275 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 2.3 |
| Greece4 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 61.6 | 52.0 | 7.2 | 2483 | 1264 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 13.2 | 1.9 |
| Hungary | 8.3 | 7.3 | 70.9 | 84.0 | 7.3 | 1504 | 660 | 31.0 | 25.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| Iceland | 9.1 | 8.2 | 82.0 | 83.9 | 3.6 | 3340 | 1910 | 13.1 | 13.4 | .. | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 19.7 | 7.5 |
| Ireland | 7.5 | 6.7 | 78.3 | 71.9 | 8.8 | 3082 | 1204 | .. | .. | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 9.7 | .. |
| Italy | 9.0 | 7.3 | 77.2 | 70.8 | 2.8 | 2614 | 1538 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 15.0 | 2.6 |
| Japan | 8.2 | 6.9 | 82.7 | 83.0 | 2.5 | 2474 | 1551 | 19.8 | 22.3 | 8.2 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 40.1 | 18.8 |
| Korea | 6.4 | 3.9 | 55.1 | 38.1 | 10.7 | 1480 | 502 | 25.8 | 29.8 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 13.6 | 3.9 |
| Luxembourg5 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 90.9 | 92.4 | 8.0 | 4303 | 1911 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | .. | 2.8 | 2.2 | 10.9 | 2.4 |
| Mexico | 6.6 | 5.6 | 44.2 | 42.1 | 5.2 | 794 | 386 | 22.9 | .. | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | .. |
| Netherlands6 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 81.7 | 71.0 | 4.1 | 3391 | 1799 | .. | 11.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 3.9 |
| New Zealand | 9.3 | 7.2 | 77.8 | 77.2 | 6.7 | 2448 | 1244 | 12.4 | 14.8 | .. | .. | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| Norway | 8.7 | 7.9 | 83.6 | 84.2 | 2.8 | 4520 | 1863 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | .. | .. |
| Poland | 6.2 | 5.5 | 69.9 | 72.9 | 5.6 | 910 | 411 | 27.2 | .. | 4.7 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | .. |
| Portugal6 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 70.6 | 62.6 | 3.3 | 2120 | 1036 | 21.3 | 23.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 2.8 |
| Slovak Republic | 7.1 | 5.7 | 74.4 | 91.7 | 10.2 | 1130 | 564 | 31.9 | .. | 4.9 | 6.3 | 3.1 | .. | 4.5 | .. |
| Spain | 8.4 | 7.4 | 71.2 | 72.2 | 6.0 | 2458 | 1193 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 2.7 |
| Sweden | 9.2 | 8.0 | 81.7 | 86.6 | 4.7 | 3202 | 1746 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | .. | 6.8 |
| Switzerland | 11.3 | 9.7 | 60.3 | 53.8 | 3.2 | 4311 | 2598 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Turkey | 5.7 | 3.4 | 71.4 | 70.3 | 7.6 | 591 | 173 | .. | 31.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
| United Kingdom7 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 87.3 | 83.9 | 5.1 | 2760 | 1350 | .. | 15.3 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 5.6 | .. |
| United States | 15.3 | 13.3 | 45.8 | 45.3 | 5.0 | 6714 | 3656 | 12.6 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 26.5 | 12.3 |
| OECD average | 8.9 | 7.6 | 73.0 | 72.9 | 5.2 | 2824 | 1494 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 10.2 | 4.7 |
| 1. | Data for Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands show public current expenditure. |
| 2. | The definition of "acute care" beds may vary from one country to the other. Cross-country variations should therefore be interpreted with caution. |
| 3. | Data for Canada, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovak Republic and Turkey include physicians working in industry, administration and research. Norway report full time equivalents (FTE) rather than headcounts until 2001. Ireland, Netherlands and New Zealand provide the number of physicians entitled to practise rather than only practising physicians. |
| 4. | Break in series for MRI scanner units. |
| 5. | Break in series for practicing physicians. |
| 6. | Difference in methodology for the two observations for practicing physicians. |
| 7. | Difference in methodology for the 2006 health expenditure per capita. MRI scanner units is an estimate. |
| .. | Not available or not applicable. |
Sources:
OECD Health Data 2008, OECD, Paris, June 2008.
OECD Health Data 2008, OECD, Paris, June 2008.
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