Health Update No. 7, July 2009

Issue 7 of Health Update looks at the question of health spending in the current economic crisis. It also features other key health-related projects throughout the OECD and the recent release of OECD Health Data 2009.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009 - OECDヘルスデータ 2009 世界の中でみる日本の状況

日本の2006-07年の総保健医療支出の対GDP比は8.1％であり、OECD平均の8.9％を0.8％下回る。米国は、ずば抜けて最も保健医療支出の割合が多く、2007年は対GDP比16.0％であり、次いでフランス（11.0%）、スイス(10.8%)、ドイツ（10.4%）の順である。

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