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I don't get it, looking at these per-capita numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedi

by new299 9y ago

I don't get it, looking at these per-capita numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea... The NHS spending levels look pretty reasonable, and have been rising. What's missing here? Is there a better resource for per-capita spending?

andy_ppp 9y ago
“Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures.” So those statistics are meaningless in this context right?
- new299 9y ago
  Do you have a better reference for per-capita numbers? Private healthcare spending in the UK is a fraction of public spending (because even if you have private insurance in the UK, most healthcare is still provided publicly (you still go to public-funded GP/emergency and only go private if referred)). In addition to this, it's a relatively fixed fraction (~20%): https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/chart/uk-spending-on-public-and-private-health-care https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/chart/uk-spending-on-public...