Health spending back on a growth path after the slowdown ...
Health spending back on a growth path after the slowdown following the financial crisis
8% 6 4 2 0 -2 -4
Figure 1. Annual growth of health expenditure and GDP, in real terms, 2000-17
Health spending
GDP
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2018.
Health spending accounts for close to a tenth of total economic activity, having stabilised in recent years
Figure 2. Health spending per capita and as share of GDP, 2017 Per capita in USD PPP 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000
0
in % of GDP 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Note: Data for 2017 was estimated by the Secretariat for those countries that were not able to provide this information. PPP stands for Purchasing Power Parities and adjusts health expenditure for differences in price levels between countries.
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2018.
Spending on outpatient care grew the fastest
Taxes and social security contributions fund more than two-thirds of health spending across the OECD
Figure 3. Public financing as a share of total health spending, by funding source, 2016 or nearest year
%
Government transfers
Social contributions
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Note: Contributions to compulsory private health insurance schemes (and not Social Health Insurance) are usually considered as funded from private sources.
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2018.
Spending on retail pharmaceuticals is growing again after years of stagnation
Figure 4. Average annual growth of selected health care services, OECD average, 2004-16
2004-08 2008-12 2012-16
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0% inpatient
outpatient
long-term care
retail pharma
Note: Retail pharmaceuticals exclude the costs of pharmaceuticals used as part of an inpatient treatment episode. Source: OECD Health Statistics 2018.
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