[lit-ideas] Re: The flu

Sunday, November 21, 2004, 1:04:33 AM, Teemu Pyyluoma wrote:

TP> The thing that I don't understand at all, is how you
TP> can spend that much on healthcare and still not have
TP> universal coverage?

I've often wondered that too!  I must see what these figures include




TP> From OECD Observer, page 8 - 9
TP> 
(http://oecdpublications.gfi-nb.com/cgi-bin/OECDBookShop.storefront/EN/product/012004071E1)
TP> 2002 figures:
TP> USA
TP> Total healthcare expenditure: 14.6% GDP, $5267 per
TP> capita
TP> Of that public expenditure: 44.9%, which means 6.6%
TP> GDP and $2364 per capita

TP> UK
TP> 7.7 GDP, $2160
TP> 84.4, 6.5 GDP, $1823

TP> France (often consider best care in Europe)
TP> 9.7 GDP, $2736
TP> 76%, 7.4 GDP, $2079

TP> And rest of the OECD falls in line. So it shouldn't be
TP> a financing issue.





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 Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK   
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