Summary
In 2009, total and current expenditure on health reached 18 224.2 and 17 256.2 billion euro, respectively. Current expenditure decelerated, increasing, in nominal terms, 3.9%, 0.9 percentage points less than the observed in 2008. Yet, in a context of a general contraction of the economic activity, its weight, as a share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased slightly, from 9.7% in 2008 to 10.2% of GDP in 2009.