Table 8. Percent of Health Care Spending by Sector: 1980-1997.
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| United States | 48.7 | 41.5 | 27.2 | 33.2 | 8.7 | 10.0 |
| Japan | 30.9 | 30.4 | 44.6 | 42.1 | 21.2 | 21.2 |
| Germany | 33.2 | 34.1 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 13.4 | 12.3 |
| France | 48.2 | 44.9 | 25.2 | 27.6 | 15.9 | 17.2 |
| Italy | 46.7 | 49.4 | 27.5 | 30.6 | 13.7 | 19.4 |
| United Kingdom | 53.5 | 42.2 | — | — | 12.8 | 15.9 |
| Canada | 53.4 | 43.6 | 24.8 | 26.4 | 8.4 | 13.7 |
| Australia | 52.9 | 43.9 | 22.3 | 27.2 | 7.9 | 11.6 |
| Austria | 18.8 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 25.6 | 10.9 | 14.0 |
| Belgium | 33.1 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 38.7 | 17.4 | 18.4 |
| Czech Republic | — | 35.6 | — | 29.8 | — | 25.3 |
| Denmark | 60.5 | 67.6 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 6.4 | 8.7 |
| Finland | 48.4 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 48.7 | 10.7 | 14.9 |
| Greece | 26.5 | 26.7 | 24.6 | — | 18.8 | 21.4 |
| Iceland | 59.1 | 55.0 | 16.9 | 23.0 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| Ireland | 58.8 | — | — | — | 10.9 | 10.6 |
| Korea | — | 24.4 | — | 42.2 | — | — |
| Luxembourg | 31.3 | 32.9 | 49.5 | 50.8 | 14.5 | 11.7 |
| Netherlands | 57.3 | 52.6 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 7.9 | 10.9 |
| New Zealand | 72.2 | 56.5 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 15.4 |
| Norway | 63.9 | 61.6 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Portugal | 28.7 | 36.2 | — | — | 19.9 | 25.2 |
| Spain | 54.1 | 46.9 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 21.0 | 18.6 |
| Sweden | — | — | — | — | 6.5 | 12.7 |
| Switzerland | 42.6 | 50.7 | 45.5 | 39.1 | 15.2 | 7.7 |
| European Union Average | 42.8 | 41.8 | 30.5 | 32.1 | 14.0 | 15.1 |
| OECD Average | 46.5 | 42.5 | 27.8 | 30.3 | 13.0 | 15.0 |
NOTES:OECD is Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Data not available for Hungary, Mexico, Poland, and Turkey. The 1997 data represent the latest year available (Norway, 1990;New Zealand, 1992;Spain, 1993;Greece, 1994; Portugal, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, 1995; Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Japan, and Luxembourg, 1996). Total expenditure on health includes public and private spending. Only major sectors are shown, thus percentages do not add to 100.OECD and European Union averages include countries where data are available for selected years.