UK and Twenty Comparable Countries GDP-Expenditure-on-Health ۱۹۸۰-۲۰۱۳: The Historic and Continued Low Priority of UK Health-Related Expenditure

سال انتشار: 1395
محل انتشار: مجله بین المللی سیاست و مدیریت بهداشت، دوره: 5، شماره: 9
کد COI اختصاصی: JR_HPM-5-9_002
زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
تعداد مشاهده: 75

نویسندگان

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK

چکیده

It is well-established that for a considerable period the United Kingdom has spent proportionally less of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health-related services than almost any other comparable country. Average European spending on health (as a % of GDP) in the period ۱۹۸۰ to ۲۰۱۳ has been ۱۹% higher than the United Kingdom, indicating that comparable countries give far greater fiscal priority to its health services, irrespective of its actual fiscal value or configuration. While the UK National Health Service (NHS) is a comparatively lean healthcare system, it is often regarded to be at a ‘crisis’ point on account of low levels of funding. Indeed, many state that currently the NHS has a sizeable funding gap, in part due to its recently reduced GDP devoted to health but mainly the challenges around increases in longevity, expectation and new medical costs. The right level of health funding is a political value judgement. As the data in this paper outline, if the UK ‘afforded’ the same proportional level of funding as the mean averageEuropean country, total expenditure would currently increase by one-fifth.

کلیدواژه ها

UK gross domestic product (GDP), Healthcare Expenditure, International Comparison

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