§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the health expenditure per head of population, the percentage of gross domestic product spent on health, the number of practising doctors per 100,000 of population and the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, respectively.
§ Sir George YoungThe information requested is set out below, taken from a working paper prepared for the Royal Commission on the National Health Service and recently published by the Kings Fund Centre.
United Kingdom France Germany Total health care expenditure perhead, 1975, in £ 102 233 287 Total health care expenditure as a percentage of GNP, 1975 5.5 7.9 9.4 Doctors per 100,000 population,1974 *131 †139 194 Hospital beds per 1,000population, 1974 *9.0 10.2 11.5 Notes:
* England and Wales.
† 1973.
Source:
R. Maxwell,"International Comparisons of Health Needs and Services", King's Fund Project Paper, No. RC9 (Kings Fund Centre, September 1980).