Table 1.
Out‐of‐Pocket Expenses by Country (2010)a
| OOP % Healtha | OECD Per‐Capita | LIS Per‐Capita | LIS/OECD Per‐Capita | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OOPa | OOPb | OOP | ||
| Australia | 19.3 | $730 | $498 | 68% |
| France | 7.5 | $300 | $235 | 78% |
| Israel | 18.2 | $501 | $372 | 74% |
| Japan | 14.4 | $436 | $419 | 96% |
| Poland | 22.1 | $317 | $285 | 90% |
| Slovenia | 12.2 | $300 | $255 | 85% |
| Russia | 36.4 | $472 | $387 | 82% |
| Switzerland | 25.1 | $1,253 | $958 | 76% |
| United States | 12.0 | $988 | $739 | 75% |
| Belgium | 20.8 | $836 | ||
| Canada | 14.4 | $637 | ||
| Czech Republic | 14.9 | $286 | ||
| Denmark | 13.2 | $598 | ||
| Estonia | 18.6 | $242 | ||
| Finland | 19.6 | $645 | ||
| Germany | 13.1 | $581 | ||
| Hungary | 26.3 | $447 | ||
| Iceland | 18.2 | $619 | ||
| Ireland | 18.2 | $690 | ||
| Italy | 17.5 | $553 | ||
| Korea | 34.0 | $704 | ||
| Luxembourg | 9.6 | $448 | ||
| New Zealand | 10.5 | $318 | ||
| Portugal | 25.8 | $721 | ||
| Slovak Rep | 21.7 | $442 | ||
| Spain | 19.8 | $597 | ||
| Sweden | 16.3 | $613 | ||
| United Kingdom | 8.8 | $282 | ||
| OECD AVG | 19.0 |
All calculations from LIS data based on person‐weighted observations.
a
OECD Health Statistics 2014, available at http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SHA. Per‐capita expressed in 2010 purchasing power parity dollars (PPP$). Data for Switzerland from 2004, expressed in 2004 PPP$; data for Japan from 2008, and expressed in 2008 PPP$. Russia data from World Bank available at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.OOPC.ZS.
b
Author calculation from LIS data, available from www.lisdatacenter.org. All amounts expressed in PPP$ for 2010, except for Switzerland (2004) and Japan (2008). PPP$ conversion based on OECD figures available at http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?datasetcode=SNA_TABLE4.