R e a l a n n u a l g r o w t h in p e r ca p it a h e a lt h sp e n d in g , 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8 (

Figure 1. Annual growth in health expenditure and GDP, 2000-2008

12

25

10

8 17
14 23
11
29
6
6
18 21 26
30 8
20 32
4 12
7 27 5
31 4
193
1
24 9 162
2 15 28 22
10 13

0
0 1 2 3
Real annual 4 capita GDP, 2000-2008
growth in per 5 (%) 6 7 8
Notes: 2000-2006: Luxembourg and Portugal. 2000-2007: Australia, Denmark, Greece, Japan and Turkey. 2000-2009: Iceland.
Source: OECD Health Data 2010.
 10
12
14
16
18

0
2
4
6
8
% GDP
United States 16.0
France 11.2
Switzerland 10.7
Austria 10.5
Germany 10.5
Canada 10.4
Belgium 1 10.2
Netherlands 9.9
Portugal 9.9
New Zealand 1 9.8
Denmark 9.7
Greece 9.7
Sweden 9.4

1. Current expenditure. Source: OECD Health Data 2010.

Iceland 9.1
Total expenditure on health

Italy 9.1
Public expenditure on health

Spain 9.0
OECD 9.0
Ireland 8.7
United Kingdom 8.7
Australia 8.5
Norway 8.5
Finland 8.4
Japan 8.1
Private expenditure on health

Slovak Republic 7.8

Hungary 7.3
Luxembourg 7.2
Diff.

Czech Republic 7.1

Poland 7.0
Chile 6.9
Korea 6.5
Figure 2. Health expenditure as a share of GDP, 2008 (or latest year available)

Turkey 6.0
Mexico 5.9
 Figure 3. Health expenditure per capita, US$ PPP, 2008 (or latest year available)
USD PPP

7538
8000

Column B Private expenditure on health Diff. Public expenditure on health

6000
5003
4627
4210
4079
4063
3970
3793
3737
3696
3677
3540
4000

3470
3359
3353
3129
3060
3008
2902
2870
2729
2687
2683
2151
1801
1781
1738
2000

1437
1213
999
852
767
0
Kingdom

Greece

Chile
Republic
Republic
France
Austria

Korea
Netherlands
Canada

Australia
United

Denmark

Iceland

OECD
Norway

Italy

Portugal

Mexico
Switzerland

Ireland

Sweden

Finland
Spain

Poland
Germany

Hungary

Turkey
Belgium 2

Japan

Zealand 2
Luxembour
States

Slovak
United

Czech
New
g1

1. Refers to insured population rather than resident population. 2. Current expenditure. Source: OECD Health Data 2010.
Data are expressed in US dollars adjusted for purchasing power parities (PPPs), which provide a means of comparing spending between countries on a
common base. PPPs are the rates of currency conversion that equalise the cost of a given ‘basket’ of goods and services in different countries.
 Figure 4. Number of MRI units per million population,
2008 (or latest year available)

50 MRI units per million population

43

Total Outside hospital Hospital

40

30
26
22
20
19
18
18
20 16
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
10

9
9
7
7
6
6
6
6
5
3
3
2
0
Greece

Slovak Republic

Czech Republic
Austria
Korea

Canada
Netherlands
Luxembourg
OECD
United States
Japan

Poland
Denmark
Italy

Turkey
Portugal

Mexico
Iceland

Finland

Ireland

New Zealand

Hungary
Switzerland 1

Belgium 1

Spain 1

Germany 1

Australia 2
France 1

United Kingdom 3
Figure 5. Number of CT scanners per million population,
2008 (or latest year available)

CT scanners per million population

97

100
Total Outside hospital Hospital
80

60
39
37

40
34
34
32
31
31
30
28
26
24
22
17
16
15
15

20
14
14
14
13
12
11
11

10
10

7
7
4

0
Czech Republic
Greece

Slovak Republic
Korea

Austria
Luxembourg

Netherlands
Canada
OECD
United States
Japan

Denmark

New Zealand
Italy

Turkey

Hungary
Portugal

Mexico
Switzerland
Iceland

Finland

Ireland

Poland
Germany 1
Australia 2

Spain 1

Belgium 1

France 1

United Kingdom 3

1. Data for equipment outside hospital are not available.

2. In Australia, data include MRI units and CT scanners eligible for reimbursement under Medicare only. (In 1999, 60% of total MRI
units were eligible for Medicare reimbursement).
3. In the United Kingdom, any equipment in the private sector is not included in the data.
Note: The OECD average does not include countries which only report equipment in hospital.

Source: OECD Health Data 2010.

Figure 6. Number of MRI exams per 1 000 population, 2008 (or latest year available)

98 MRI exams per 1 000 population

100
91

80
72
63
60 54
49 48
39 38
40
31
28
24 21
20 13

0
France

Slovak Republic
Greece

Belgium

Czech Republic
Canada

Korea
Luxembourg

OECD
United States

Netherlands
Iceland

Denmark

Australia1
1. Data include only exams for out-patients and private in-patients (excluding exams in public hospitals).

Figure 7. Number of CT exams per 1 000 population, 2008 (or latest year available)

CT exams per 1 000 population

350
321
300

250 228

200 183 176

164
150 138 130
104 94
100 84 83 83 80
60
50

0
Slovak Republic
Greece

Belgium

Czech Republic
France

Korea
Luxembourg

Canada
OECD
United States

Netherlands
Denmark
Iceland

Australia1

1. Data include only exams for out-patients and private in-patients (excluding exams in public hospitals).

Source: OECD Health Data 2010.

vailable)
Figure 1. Annual growth in health expenditure and GDP, 2000-2008

Real annual Real annual

growth in per growth in per
capita health capita GDP,
spending, 2000-2008 (%)
2000-2008 (%)
Australia AUS 2.9 2.1 0
Austria AUT 2.3 1.6 12
Belgium BEL 3.2 1.5
Canada CAN 3.4 1.4
Chile CHL 3.6 3.1
Czech Republic CZE 5.4 4.3
Denmark DNK 3.7 1.3
Finland FIN 4.6 2.6
France FRA 2.2 0.9
Germany DEU 1.6 1.2
Greece GRC 6.9 3.8
Hungary HUN 4.0 3.6
Iceland ISL 1.6 1.4
Ireland IRL 7.6 2.9
Italy ITA 1.9 0.4
Japan JPN 2.2 1.5
Korea KOR 8.0 3.9
Luxembourg LUX 4.9 1.3
Mexico MEX 3.3 1.4
Netherlands NLD 4.3 1.6
New Zealand NZL 4.7 1.6
Norway NOR 1.7 1.5
Poland POL 7.4 4.2
Portugal PRT 2.3 0.4
Slovak Republic SVK 11.0 6.2
Spain ESP 4.7 1.9
Sweden SWE 3.6 1.9
Switzerland CHE 1.8 1.1
Turkey TUR 6.5 3.5
United Kingdom GBR 4.6 2.0
United States USA 3.4 1.2
OECD 4.2 2.2

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

Figure 2. Health expenditure as a share of GDP, 2008 (or latest year available)

Total Public Private Diff.

expenditure expenditure expenditure
on health on health on health
United States 16.0 7.4 8.5 0.0
France 11.2 8.7 2.5 0.0
Switzerland 10.7 6.3 4.4 0.0
Austria 10.5 8.1 2.4 0.0
Germany 10.5 8.1 2.5 0.0
Canada 10.4 7.3 3.1 0.0
Belgium 1 10.2 7.4 2.8 0.0
Netherlands 9.9 7.4 1.6 0.9
Portugal 9.9 7.1 2.8 0.0
New Zealand 1 9.8 7.9 1.9 0.0
Denmark 9.7 8.2 1.5 0.0
Greece 9.7 5.8 3.8 0.0
Sweden 9.4 7.7 1.7 0.0
Iceland 9.1 7.6 1.5 0.0
Italy 9.1 7.0 2.1 0.0
Spain 9.0 6.5 2.5 0.0
OECD 9.0 6.5 2.4 0.0
Ireland 8.7 6.7 2.0 0.0
United Kingdom 8.7 7.2 1.5 0.0
Australia 8.5 5.7 2.8 0.0
Norway 8.5 7.2 1.3 0.0
Finland 8.4 6.2 2.2 0.0
Japan 8.1 6.6 1.5 0.0
Slovak Republic 7.8 5.4 2.4 0.0
Hungary 7.3 5.2 2.1 0.0
Luxembourg 7.2 6.5 0.7 0.0
Czech Republic 7.1 5.9 1.2 0.0
Poland 7.0 5.1 1.9 0.0
Chile 6.9 4.1 2.8 0.0
Korea 6.5 3.6 2.9 0.0
Turkey 6.0 4.1 1.9 0.0
Mexico 5.9 2.8 3.1 0.0

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

Figure 3. Health expenditure per capita, US$ PPP, 2008 (or latest year available)

Total Public Private Diff.

expenditure expenditure expenditure
on health on health on health
United States 7538 3507 4031 0
Norway 5003 4213 791 0
Switzerland 4627 2736 1891 0
Luxembourg 1 4210 3825 384 0
Canada 4079 2863 1216 0
Netherlands 4063 3059 669 335
Austria 3970 3053 917 0
Ireland 3793 2918 875 0
Germany 3737 2869 869 0
France 3696 2875 821 0
Belgium 2 3677 2668 1009 0
Denmark 3540 2991 549 0
Sweden 3470 2841 629 0
Iceland 3359 2796 563 0
Australia 3353 2263 1089 0
United Kingdom 3129 2585 544 0
OECD 3060 2234 816 11
Finland 3008 2233 775 0
Spain 2902 2105 797 0
Italy 2870 2216 654 0
Japan 2729 2234 495 0
Greece 2687 1622 1066 0
New Zealand 2 2683 2158 526 0
Portugal 2151 1539 613 0
Korea 1801 997 805 0
Czech Republic 1781 1470 311 0
Slovak Republic 1738 1199 538 0
Hungary 1437 1021 416 0
Poland 1213 876 336 0
Chile 999 594 405 0
Mexico 852 400 452 0
Turkey 767 520 247 0

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

Figure 4. Number of MRI units per million population, 2008 (or latest year available)

Total Hospital Outside hospital

Japan 43.1 43.1
United States 25.9 12.9 13.0
Greece 21.8 6.4 15.4
Italy 20.0 13.1 6.8
Iceland 18.8 9.4 9.4
Austria 18.0 10.3 7.7
Korea 17.6 14.5 3.1
Finland 16.2 16.2
Denmark 15.4 15.4 0.0
Switzerland 1 14.0 14.0
OECD 12.8 12.8
Luxembourg 12.7 12.7
Ireland 12.3 8.8 3.5
Belgium 1 10.6 10.6
Netherlands 10.4 10.1 0.3
Spain 1 9.9 9.9
New Zealand 9.6 9.6
Portugal 8.9 3.2 5.7
Germany 1 8.6 8.6
Turkey 6.9 6.9
Canada 6.7 5.5 1.2
France 1 6.1 6.1
Slovak Republic 6.1 3.3 2.8
Australia 2 5.9 5.6 0.3
United Kingdom 3 5.6 5.6
Czech Republic 5.1 4.3 0.8
Poland 2.9 2.9
Hungary 2.8 2.8
Mexico 1.5 1.5

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

1. Data for equipment outside hospital are not available.

2. In Australia, data include MRI units eligible for reimbursement under Medicare only. (In 1999, 60% of total MRI units were eligible for Medicare reimbursemen
3. In the United Kingdom, any equipment in the private sector is not included in the data.
Note: The OECD average does not include countries which only report equipment in hospital.
gible for Medicare reimbursement).
Figure 5. Number of CT scanners per million population, 2008 (or latest year available)

Total Hospital Outside hospital

Japan 97.3 97.3
Australia 2 38.8 38.8
Korea 36.8 25.0 11.8
United States 34.3 23.9 10.4
Greece 33.9 11.0 22.8
Switzerland 32.0 32.0
Iceland 31.3 21.9 9.4
Italy 31.0 24.2 6.8
Austria 29.9 19.3 10.6
Luxembourg 27.6 27.6
Portugal 26.0 12.8 13.2
OECD 23.9 23.9
Denmark 21.5 21.5 0.0
Finland 16.5 16.5
Germany 1 16.4 16.4
Spain 1 15.3 15.3
Ireland 15.1 15.1
Slovak Republic 13.7 11.9 1.8
Belgium 1 13.6 13.6
Czech Republic 13.5 12.7 0.9
Canada 12.7 12.1 0.6
New Zealand 12.4 12.4
France 1 11.0 11.0
Poland 10.9 10.9
Netherlands 10.3 9.9 0.3
Turkey 10.2 10.2
United Kingdom 3 7.4 7.4
Hungary 7.1 7.1
Mexico 4.2 4.2

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

1. Data for equipment outside hospital are not available.

2. In Australia, data include CT scanners eligible for reimbursement under Medicare only.
3. In the United Kingdom, any equipment in the private sector is not included in the data.
Note: The OECD average does not include countries which only report equipment in hospital.
Figure 6. Number of MRI exams per 1 000 population, 2008 (or latest year available)

MRI exams per 1 000 pop.

Greece 98.1
United States 91.2
Iceland 72.3
Luxembourg 62.8
Belgium 53.7
France 48.5
OECD 47.7
Netherlands 38.8
Denmark 37.8
Canada 31.2
Czech Republic 27.8
Slovak Republic 24.2
Australia1 21.4
Korea 12.7

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

1. Data include only exams for out-patients and private in-patients (excluding exams in public hospitals).
Figure 7. Number of CT exams per 1 000 population, 2008 (or latest year available)

CT exams per 1 000 pop.

Greece 320.9
United States 227.8
Belgium 182.6
Luxembourg 175.5
Iceland 164.0
OECD 137.6
France 130.0
Canada 103.5
Australia1 93.7
Denmark 83.8
Czech Republic 83.3
Slovak Republic 82.7
Korea 80.4
Netherlands 60.3

Source OECD HEALTH DATA 2010, June

1. Data include only exams for out-patients and private in-patients (excluding exams in public hospitals).