asked the Minister for Health the per capita expenditure on health in each of the EEC countries over the last three years for which figures are available.
Written Answers. - EEC Health Expenditure.
377.
The reply to the Deputy's question is contained in the following table.
Total health expenditure per capita in E.E.C. countries over the most recent three years for which figures are available (IR£)
|
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
|
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Belgium |
351 |
362 |
393 |
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Denmark |
346 |
388 |
492 |
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France |
351 |
405 |
474 |
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|
Germany (FDR) |
426 |
472 |
519 |
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|
Greece |
62 |
73 |
77 |
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Ireland |
149 |
180 |
238 |
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Italy |
158 |
190 |
227 |
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|
Luxembourg |
274 |
389 |
471 |
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|
Netherlands |
441 |
480 |
517 |
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|
U.K. |
185 |
261 |
337 |
Notes:
1. The figures relate to total expenditure on health, based on OECD estimates. These are the most up-to-date figures available from this source.
2. All the figures are in Irish pounds, converted by using EUROSTAT average yearly currency conversion rates.
3. The source of population figures for all countries, except Ireland, is EUROSTAT Demographic Statistics, 1981. The population figure used is the estimated mid-year population for each country for the relevant year. For Ireland, the source of population figures is the census of population, 1979 and the Central Statistics Office population estimates for 1978 and 1980.