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Table 3 Health care expenditure in Israel and Denmark, 2016: US$ PPP in 2016 and % GDP

From: Similarities and differences between two well-performing healthcare systems: a comparison between the Israeli and the Danish healthcare systems

 

Israel

Denmark

Adjusted DK/ISR ratio

Israeli expenditure at Danish age distribution*

Ratio after Israeli age adjustment DK/ISR*

Total expenditure on health, US$ (PPP) per capita [29]

2520.3

4849.6

1.92

3175.6

1.53

Long-term care (Health), US$ (PPP) per capita [30]

199.0

1199.1

6.03

250.7

4.78

Total expenditure on health minus long-term care, US$ (PPP) per capita

2321.3

3650.5

1.57

2924.8

1,25

GDP, US$ (PPP**) per capita [31]

37,843.9

51,970.7

1.37

na

na

Total expenditure on health, percentage GDP [32]

7.2%

10.1%

1.42

9.07%

1.11

Long-term care (Health), percentage GDP [30]

0.6%

2.5%

4.44

0.76%

3.29

Total expenditure on health minus long-term care, percentage GDP

6.6%

7.6%

1.16

8.32%

0.91

  1. *Multiplied by 1.26 [18]
  2. **GDP is converted to US$ by a different deflator (PPP) than is used for health expenditure. Therefore, expenditures in % of GDP can only be computed from expenditures in national currency units