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International Comparison for Healthcare spending as % GDP

International Comparison for Healthcare spending as % GDP

This graph shows the fraction of gross domestic product (GDP) devoted to health care in a number of developed countries in 2006.According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United States spent 15.3 percent of its GDP on health care in 2006.The next highest country was Switzerland, with 11.3 percent.In most other high-income countries, the share was less than 10 percent.

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