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Health satellite account: recomposition of current expenditure on health with reinforcement of public expenditure and reduction of private expenditure in the context of the pandemic
Health satellite account
Health satellite account: recomposition of current expenditure on health with reinforcement of public expenditure and reduction of private expenditure in the context of the pandemic - 2020
01 July 2021

Summary

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had profound impacts on the health system, with public current expenditure increasing by 6.6%, which more than offset the negative variation in private current expenditure (-10.3%), determining a growth of 0.4% in total current expenditure on health, reaching 10.1% of GDP, the highest level since 2009.
As a result of the divergent behavior of public current expenditure and private current expenditure, the first corresponded to more than 2/3 of the total (67.6%), the highest proportion since 2010.

See also the infographic Health Expenditure in Portugal


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