The majority of healthcare expenditure in the United Kingdom is publicly funded through the NHS, though private household out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance spending amounted to 46.4 billion British pounds in 2022. This statistic shows the private sector (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) healthcare expenditure in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022.
Private healthcare expenditure (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022
(in billion GBP)
*Provisional value
Previous updates used data from a series called "Expenditure on health care in the UK" which has been discontinued by the ONS as it did not adhere to the definitions of healthcare expenditure as defined under the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011) framework as it excludes several components, such as long-term care, and includes capital spending on health care.
Therefore data is now from the UK Health Accounts, which are produced according to the System of Health Accounts 2011 framework; a set of internationally standardized definitions for healthcare expenditure. These definitions are broader than those used in other UK analyses, and include some services typically considered social care in the UK.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 17, 2023). Private healthcare expenditure (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022 (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317868/private-healthcare-expenditure-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Private healthcare expenditure (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022 (in billion GBP)." Chart. May 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317868/private-healthcare-expenditure-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Private healthcare expenditure (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022 (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317868/private-healthcare-expenditure-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Private Healthcare Expenditure (including Out-of-pocket and Voluntary Health Insurance Schemes) in The United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022 (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317868/private-healthcare-expenditure-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Private healthcare expenditure (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022 (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317868/private-healthcare-expenditure-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Private healthcare expenditure (including out-of-pocket and voluntary health insurance schemes) in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2022 (in billion GBP) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317868/private-healthcare-expenditure-in-the-united-kingdom-by-sector/
