Section 2 UK Health Care Expenditure and Cost of the NHS

Total Health Care Expenditure in the UK

Table 2.1 Total health care expenditure, UK, 1973 – 2004

Figure 2.1 Total health care expenditure, UK, 1973 – 2004

Figure 2.2 Relationship between total UK health expenditure and GDP, 1973 – 2004

Box 1 Percentage change in real GDP and total real UK health spending in five year periods

Figure 2.3 NHS pay and prices index and GDP deflator index, 1975/76 – 2002/03

Figure 2.4 Indices of total UK NHS expenditure at constant prices, 1975/76 – 2002/03

Figure 2.5 Indices of UK spending on health care at constant prices, 1973 – 2003

Table 2.2 Total and per capita health expenditure (£ billion) in OECD countries, 1960 – 2002

Figure 2.6 Total annual health expenditure per capita in OECD countries, circa 2002

Table 2.3 Total health care expenditure as per cent of GDP in OECD countries, 1960 – 2002

Table 2.4 GDP per capita in OECD countries (£ cash), 1960 – 2002

Table 2.5 Public and private health spending as a percentage of total health expenditure in selected
OECD countries, 1960 – 2002

Figure 2.7 Total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in OECD countries, circa 2002

Figure 2.8 Relationship between total health spending per capita and GDP per capita in OECD countries,
circa 2002

Table 2.6 Total health expenditure, infant mortality and life expectancy in selected OECD countries, 1960
and 2002

Figure 2.9 Relationship between per capita total health expenditure and infant mortality rate in selected
OECD countries, circa 2002

Cost of the NHS

Table 2.7 UK NHS expenditure as a proportion of GDP, 1949 – 2004

Table 2.8 GDP and NHS expenditure per capita, UK, 1949 – 2004

Box 2 Change (per cent) in UK real NHS cost and GDP in five year periods

Figure 2.10 Gross cost of NHS, in cash and real terms, UK, 1949 – 2004

Figure 2.11 Relationship between gross NHS cost and GDP, UK, 1949 – 2003

Figure 2.12 Relationship between NHS cost as a percentage of GDP and GDP, UK, 1949 – 2003

Table 2.9 Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP at market prices and index (1990=100) in
OECD countries, 1960 – 2002

Figure 2.13 Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in selected OECD countries, 1960 and 2002

Box 3 Change in public health spending as percentage of GDP, in ten year periods

Table 2.10 Public health expenditure per capita (£ cash) and index (1990=100) in OECD countries, 1960 –
2002

Figure 2.14 Relationship between per capita public health spending and per capita GDP, OECD countries,
circa 2002

Figure 2.15 Estimated hospital and community health services expenditure per capita by age group,
England, 2001/02

Table 2.11 Hospital and community health services gross expenditure by age, England, 1980/81 – 2001/02

Table 2.12 Percentage distribution of HCHS gross expenditure by age, England, 1980/81 – 2001/02

Figure 2.16 Revenue expenditure of health authorities and NHS trusts, England, 1985 – 2003

Table 2.13 Revenue expenditure of health authorities and NHS Trusts, England, 1985 – 2003

Table 2.14 UK public employees in selected sectors – mid-year totals, 1961 – 2002

Figure 2.17 Indices of UK public employees in selected sectors, 1975 – 2002

Table 2.15 NHS net expenditure (revenue and capital) per capita and per household, UK, 1975/76 – 2002/03

Table 2.16 NHS gross expenditure – proportion spent on each service, UK, 1949 – 2001/02

Table 2.17 UK NHS gross expenditure per capita, by service, 1950 – 2001

Box 4 NHS per capita gross expenditure (£) by sector, at 2001 prices

Table 2.18 UK NHS sources of finance, 1949 – 2002

Table 2.19 NHS patient charges, UK, 1951 – 2002

Table 2.20 Distribution of UK public expenditure by selected sectors, 1950 – 2002/03

Figure 2.18 Indices of UK public expenditure at constant prices, 1985/86 – 2002/03

Box 5 NHS expenditure planned 2002/03 to 2007/08, UK

Table 2.21 The Government's Expenditure Plans for the NHS, England, 1999/2000 – 2005/06

Private Health Care

Table 2.22 Number of private medical insurance subscribers, people covered and payments, UK, 1955 –
2002

Figure 2.19 Number of private medical insurance subscribers and people insured, UK, 1955 – 2002

Figure 2.20 UK consumer expenditure on private health care at 2001 prices, 1973 – 2002

Table 2.23 Private health and gross NHS expenditure per household, UK, 1973 – 2002

Table 2.24 Private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in OECD countries, 1960 – 2002

Figure 2.21 Private health care expenditure per capita in OECD countries, circa 2002