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Table 1 Total health care expenditure, relative participation of private sector and public sector health expenditure

From: Contemporary specificities of labour in the health care sector: introductory notes for discussion

Country

Total expenditure (% of GDP)

Private expenditure (% of total)

Public expenditure (% of GDP)

United States

13.9

55.6

6.17

Canada

9.5

29.2

6.73

Sweden

8.7

14.8

7.41

United Kingdom

7.6

17.8

6.25

Germany

10.8

25.1

8.09

France

9.6

24.0

7.29

The Netherlands

8.9

36.7

5.63

Average: countries with high HDI

9.8

29.0

6.79

Brazil

7.6

58.4

3.16

  1. Source: WHO (2001)