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Healthcare expenditure, UK Health Accounts: 2020
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- Total current healthcare expenditure in the UK in 2020 was £257.6 billion, equating to £3,840 per person.
- Total current healthcare expenditure in the UK accounted for 12.0% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020, compared with 9.9% in 2019.
- Healthcare expenditure grew by 15.7% in nominal terms in 2020, or 10.0% in real terms, adjusting for inflation; this was the fastest growth rate recorded during the time series, which started in 1997.
How does UK healthcare spending compare with other countries?
An analysis of UK healthcare spending relative to comparable countries, using data produced to the international definitions of the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011).Datasets related to Health care system
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UK Health Accounts
UK health expenditure. Final data for financing schemes, functions, providers, long-term care expenditure, revenues of financing and capital expenditure. Provisional data for financing schemes only.
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Public service productivity estimates: healthcare: UK
Public service healthcare growth rates and indices for inputs, quality and non-quality adjusted output and productivity, totals and components, for UK, 1995 to 2017
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Public service productivity estimates: healthcare, England
Public service healthcare growth rates and indices for inputs, quality and non-quality adjusted output and productivity, totals and components. England, financial years ending 1996 to 2021.
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How does UK healthcare spending compare with other countries?
An analysis of UK healthcare spending relative to comparable countries, using data produced to the international definitions of the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011).
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Public service productivity, healthcare, England
Estimates of output, inputs and productivity for public service healthcare in England.
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Public service productivity, healthcare, UK
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