* Sickness funds cost 5% of gross domestic product in '89
U.S. Dollars
Total health care cost was 8.2% $1,232
Sweden's rate was 8.8% 1,361
France's rate was 8.7%, 1,274
Canada's rate was 8.7%, 1,683
Italy 1,050
Japan's rate was 6.7%, 1,035
Britain's rate was 5.8%, 836
Greece 371
U.S.A. rate was 12% of GNP in '90
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'89 Health care disbursements breakdown:
Canada Germany U.S.A.
Hospitalization 39.3% 31.5% 38.4%
Physicians 16.1 17.5 18.9
Maternity --- 2.1 ---
Preventive --- 3.8 ---
Drugs 11.6 15.6 8.2
Loss of income 6.6 ---
Medical appliances 6.0 1.8
Dental care 9.8 5.1
Administration 2.5 5.8 5.0
Funeral 1.0 ---
Other institutions 10.3
Capital expenditures 4.5
Other 18.2
Sources: New England Journal of Medicine, 2/14/91 and 6/13/91
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Canadian Consulate General, New York, N.Y.
U.S. Dollars
Total health care cost was 8.2% $1,232
Sweden's rate was 8.8% 1,361
France's rate was 8.7%, 1,274
Canada's rate was 8.7%, 1,683
Italy 1,050
Japan's rate was 6.7%, 1,035
Britain's rate was 5.8%, 836
Greece 371
U.S.A. rate was 12% of GNP in '90
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'89 Health care disbursements breakdown:
Canada Germany U.S.A.
Hospitalization 39.3% 31.5% 38.4%
Physicians 16.1 17.5 18.9
Maternity --- 2.1 ---
Preventive --- 3.8 ---
Drugs 11.6 15.6 8.2
Loss of income 6.6 ---
Medical appliances 6.0 1.8
Dental care 9.8 5.1
Administration 2.5 5.8 5.0
Funeral 1.0 ---
Other institutions 10.3
Capital expenditures 4.5
Other 18.2
Sources: New England Journal of Medicine, 2/14/91 and 6/13/91
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Canadian Consulate General, New York, N.Y.
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