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