France Health Expenditure Profile
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France Health expenditure profile HEALTH SPENDING IN BRIEF WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH? 0.6% Health spending (% of GDP) 11.5 6.7% 9.8% Health expenditure per capita (US$) 4,263 Public Out-of-pocket Public spending on health per capita (US$) 3,534 Voluntary prepayment External Other GDP per capita (US$) 36,946 82.9% Life expectancy, both sexes (years) 83 RICHER COUNTRIES SPEND MORE ON HEALTH… …BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS A SHARE OF GDP 10,000 25 20 1,000 15 10 100 Health spending % of GDP 5 Health spending per capita (US$, log scale) 10 0 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 GDP per capita (US$, log scale) GDP per capita (US$, log scale) MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON HEALTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING DOES GOVERNMENT SPEND ENOUGH ON HEALTH? 100 6,000 18 80 4,000 12 60 % US$ 40 2,000 6 20 Out-of-pocket spending % of health 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Public spending on health % of GDP Health spending per capita (US$, bars) Government health spending % of total government spending (line) France PRIORITY OF HEALTH IN BUDGET ALLOCATION IS A POLITICAL CHOICE 25 20 15 10 5 Government health spending % of total government spending 0 Italy Qatar Oman Latvia Israel SpainMalta Palau Chile Japan Kuwait Cyprus Greece Poland Estonia Finland AustriaIceland France Canada Ireland Monaco Bahrain Hungary Portugal Slovenia SlovakiaAndorra Belgium NorwaySweden Uruguay Barbados Lithuania ArgentinaSingapore BahamasDenmarkAustralia Germany Seychelles San Marino Switzerland Saudi Arabia Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Czech Republic United Kingdom Republic of Korea Brunei Darussalam Trinidad and Tobago UnitedSaint Arab Kitts Emirates and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda IS RELIANCE ON OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING DECREASING OVER TIME? 100 80 60 40 20 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Public External Other Voluntary prepayment Out-of-pocket WHEN PUBLIC SOURCES SPEND MORE ON HEALTH, DO HOUSEHOLDS SPEND LESS? 50,000 10 40,000 8 30,000 6 20,000 4 10,000 2 % of GDP (lines) GDP per capita (US$, bars) 0 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 GDP per capita (US$, bars) Public spending on health (% of GDP) Out-of-pocket spending (% of GDP) HOW IS PUBLIC FUNDING CHANNELED? GOVERNMENT SCHEMES COMPULSORY HEALTH INSURANCE 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 Per capita (US$) Per capita (US$) Contributions Government transfers Source: Global Health Expenditure Database. Data are for 2016 unless otherwise specified..