Canada - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Canada - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Canada - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
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<strong>Health</strong> systems in transition <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Fig. 3.6<br />
Percentage of total expenditure on health by source of revenue, 2010<br />
Source: OECD (2011a).<br />
As can be seen in Table 3.2, which shows changes over time, the proportion<br />
of revenue from the four main sources changed only slightly between 1995 and<br />
2009. General taxation has tended to provide well over two-thirds of all finance<br />
<strong>for</strong> health. PHI has grown more rapidly than OOP payments, in part because of<br />
the continuing centrality of PHI as part of employment-based benefit packages<br />
in unionized and professional workplaces.<br />
Table 3.2<br />
Sources of revenue as a percentage of total expenditure on health, 1995–2010<br />
(selected years)<br />
1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010<br />
General taxation 71.2 70.4 70.2 69.8 70.2 70.5 70.6 70.5<br />
OOP 15.9 15.9 14.6 15.0 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.7<br />
PHI 10.3 11.5 12.6 12.4 12.6 12.7 12.7 12.8<br />
Social insurance funds 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3<br />
Source: OECD (2011a).<br />
70.5% Taxation<br />
14.7% OOP<br />
12.8% Private insurance<br />
2% Other