Table A18.1Development of health care resources and utilization

 Total health expenditure as % of GDPTotal health expenditures per capita (in PPP$)Hospital beds (per 100 000 population)Physicians (per 100 000 population)GPs as %% of all% physicians
 LuxembourgEU1LuxembourgEU1LuxembourgEU1LuxembourgEU1LuxembourgEU
19955.67.619061275.9n.a.740.9223.1292.735.427.56
20005.87.925571608.0n.a.669.0213.9295.129.728.35
20057.78.540212150.9578.5604.6240.8316.028.526.34
2009n.a.8.8n.a.2788.2556.84564.8284.45321.628.7525.53
 Nurses (per 100 000 population)Average length of stay (days) in all hospitalsAcute care hospital admissions (per 100 population)Outpatient contacts per person (per year) 
 LuxembourgEU2LuxembourgEU1LuxembourgEU1LuxembourgEU1 
19951096.6575.115.312.5n.a.15.72.966.6 
2000734.3655.9n.a.10.3n.a.17.7n.a.6.8 
2005692.7682.7n.a.9.5n.a.16.2n.a.6.8 
2009n.a.745.5n.a.8.8n.a.15.6n.a.6.9 

Sources: EU and Luxembourg average values are based on the European Health for All database (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2010).

Notes: 1 Years: 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007. 2 Years: 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006. 3 Year 2005, EU average excluding ES, CY, GR, MT, PL, RO, SK, UK. 4 Year 2002, EU average excluding CY, ES, GR, MT, PL, RO. 5 Year 1997, EU average excluding BG, CY, ES, GR, MT, NL, PL, RO, SK. 6 Year 1993, EU average excluding CY, ES, GR, MT, NL, PL, RO. 4 Year: 2008. 5 Year: 2007. 6 Year: 1996.

From: 18, Luxembourg

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