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Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
Health care cost as percent of GDP (total economy of a nation). [1] [2] Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018. [3] This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health per capita. Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures.
[2] [obsolete source] Because of its early health education, professional health services, and well-developed health care and medication system, Hongkongers enjoy a life expectancy of 88 for females and 83 for men, [3] which is the highest in the world, and an infant mortality rate of 1.169 deaths per 1,000 births, the lowest in the world.
Empty streets in the financial centre, shuttered restaurants and bars, and bare supermarket shelves are a testament to the disruptions Hong Kong's COVID-19 rules wrought on its people.
The National Insurance system pays all necessary costs over these caps. Public spending on health care in 2006 was 13.6 billion euros (equivalent to US$338 per person per month). The increase over 2005 at 8.2 per cent was below the OECD average of 9 percent. Household budgets directly met 18.7 per cent of all health care costs. [70]
Health care cost as percent of GDP (total economy of a nation). [1] [2] Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries.US average of $10,447 in 2018. [3]This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
The report suggests that without health care reforms the spending on health care in China will increase to 9% of China's GDP by 2035 which is an increase from the 5.6% of China's GDP in 2014. [34] With substantial urbanization, attention to health care has changed.
Cost-conscious Chinese tourists have replaced many of the cash-rich mainland travellers who once flocked to Hong Kong, with some only interested in free walking tours of the city and staying ...