Re:Stephen Hawking: I'm Worried about the Future of the NHS
by new299 on Friday August 18, 2017 @10:37PM
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Do you have a better reference for per-capita numbers?
Private healthcare spending in the UK is a fraction of public spending (because even if you have private insurance in the UK, most healthcare is still provided publicly (you still go to public-funded GP/emergency and only go private if referred)).
In addition to this, it's a relatively fixed fraction (~20%):
Private healthcare spending in the UK is a fraction of public spending (because even if you have private insurance in the UK, most healthcare is still provided publicly (you still go to public-funded GP/emergency and only go private if referred)).
In addition to this, it's a relatively fixed fraction (~20%):
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/chart/uk-spending-on-public...