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. 2016 Mar;106(3):449–452. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302997

TABLE 3—

Total and Tax-Funded Health Expenditures: United States and Other Developed Nations, 2013

Country Total Spending Per Capita, PPP $ Total Spending as Share of GDP, % Tax-Funded Spending Per Capita, PPP $ Tax-Funded Spending as Share of GDP, %
Canada 4351 10.2 3074 7.2
France 4124 10.9 3247 8.6
Germany 4819 11.0 3677 8.4
Italy 3077 8.8 2381 6.8
Japan 3713 10.2 3090 8.5
Netherlands 5131 11.1 4495 9.7
Sweden 4904 11.0 4126 9.2
Switzerland 6325 11.1 4178 7.3
United Kingdom 3235 8.5 2802 7.3
OECD average (excluding United States) 3226 8.8 2443 6.5
United States 9267 17.4 5960 11.2

Note. GDP = gross domestic product; OECD =  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; PPP = purchasing power parity. US figures are from national health expenditure accounts; figures for other nations are from OECD data. Figures for tax-funded spending in nations other than the United States exclude tax subsidies to private spending; Switzerland does not offer tax subsidies for employer payments for coverage.