§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the latest estimate for EU countries' expenditure on health in 2005 in(a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the relevant GDP. [21939]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the most reliable source of data for making comparisons of international health expenditure. The latest full set of figures published by the OECD is for 1998. The OECD figures do not include forecasts. The table shows the latest available figures.
1998 Total health spend (US$million, PPP1) Total health spend as a percentage of gross domestic product Austria 15,299 8.0 Belgium 20,920 8.6 Denmark 11,300 8.3 Finland 7,782 6.9 France 118,776 9.3 Germany 193,697 10.3 Greece 12,594 8.4 Ireland 5,682 6.8 Italy 98,806 7.7 Luxembourg 958 6.0 Netherlands 33,768 8.7 Portugal 11,996 7.7 Spain 46,798 7.0 Sweden 15,328 7.9 United Kingdom 89,432 6.8 1Purchasing Power Parity Source:
OECD Health Data 2001