Healthcare Magazine August 2014 | Page 48

04 Netherlands
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04 Netherlands

Health expenditure per capita : $ 5,099
Expenditure as a pct . of GDP : 11.8 % ( 2nd highest )
Pct . obese : 12.0 % ( 6th lowest )
Life expectancy : 81.2 years ( 15th highest )
Health spending in the Netherlands has continued to grow despite the economic crisis , averaging an annual real term growth rate of over three percent between 2006 and 2012 , according to reports from the OECD . In 2012 , life expectancy at birth stood at 81.2 years , one year higher than the OECD average of 80.2 .
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