§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to the increase in real terms in health spending in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 11 December 1989]: The increase in total health expenditure in real terms between 1983 and 1984 in each of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member states is shown in the table.
The latest year, 1984, for which all the data required to make the necessary calculations are available for all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member states (with the exception of Turkey, for which 1984 data are not available, and Luxembourg, for which complete data are not available).
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1983 1984 Percentage real terms change Denmark 25,691,817 25,489,971 -0.8 Finland 13,710,825 14,608,122 6.5 France 234,997,462 247,842,846 5.5 Germany 118,990,277 124,304,462 4.5 Greece 72,887,620 71,762,841 -1.5 Iceland 1,295,891 1,230,064 -5.1 Ireland 780,630 809,263 3.7 Italy 26,496,847,100 26,728,840,302 0.9 Japan 18,346,992,730 18,679,250,559 1.8 Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a Netherlands 28,855,940 28,700,618 -0-.5 New Zealand 1,608,559 1,551,831 -3.5 Norway 20,570,550 20,721,468 0.7 Portugal 70,952,300 71,978,498 1.4 Spain 984,321,170 954,041,204 -3.1 Sweden 52,051,498 53,144,748 2.1 Switzerland 13,331,083 13,563,983 1.7 Turkey 175,230,226 n/a n/a United Kingdom 14,666,297 15,049,874 2.6 United States 294,609,865 309,909,452 5.2 Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Luxembourg excluded due reported inconsistencies in its national accounts.