Table 1 |
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Health expenditure data for 2003* |
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| Country |
Health expenditure as percent of gross domestic product |
Percent of total health expenditure that is government funded |
Percent of private health expenditure paid out of pocket |
Per capita total health expenditure (average exchange rate (US$)) |
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| Norway |
10.3 |
83.7 |
95.40 |
4,976 |
| Netherlands |
9.8 |
62.4 |
20.80 |
3,088 |
| Sweden |
9.4 |
85.2 |
92.10 |
3,149 |
| Denmark |
9.0 |
83.0 |
92.50 |
3,534 |
| Israel |
8.9 |
68.2 |
89.10 |
1,514 |
| New Zealand |
8.1 |
78.3 |
72.10 |
1,618 |
| UK |
8.0 |
85.7 |
76.70 |
2,428 |
| US |
15.2 |
44.6 |
24.30 |
5,711 |
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*World Health Organization, Core Health Indicators, from World Health Statistics 2006 |
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Sabik and Lie International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:4 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-4 |
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