§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each year from 1979 to date the percentage of GDP spent by the United Kingdom on(a) public healthcare, (b) private healthcare and (c) total healthcare; and if he will make a statement. [84858]
§ Mr. MilburnThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development produces figures for public and total healthcare spending in member countries. Figures for the UK over the period requested are set out in the table. Private healthcare expenditure is taken as the difference between public and total healthcare expenditure.
Year Total healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP Public healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP Private healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP 1979 5.3 4.7 0.6 1980 5.6 5.0 0.6 1981 5.9 5.3 0.6 1982 5.8 5.1 0.7 1983 6.0 5.2 0.8 1984 5.9 5.2 0.7 1985 5.9 5.0 0.9 1986 5.9 5.0 0.9 1987 5.9 5.0 0.9 1988 5.8 4.9 0.9 1989 5.8 4.9 0.9 1990 6.0 5.1 0.9 1991 6.5 5.4 1.1 1992 6.9 5.9 1.0 1993 6.9 5.8 1.1 1994 6.9 5.8 1.1 1995 6.9 5.8 1.1 1996 6.9 5.8 1.1 1997 6.7 5.7 1.0 Source:
OECD health databank 1998
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