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OECD:Romania allocates the least money for health at the level of the EU
Romania is the last in the ranking in the EU as regards the budget allocated for health in 2017, according to a report published by the Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD).
According to the data published in the report ‘Health at a Glance:Europe2018’ Romania allocated in 2017 5.1% of GDP for health, the lowest percentage in the EU. The average recorded at the level of the community bloc is 9.6% the highest budget being in France 11.5%of GDP.
Similarly, Romania has less than three European countries which do not belong to the EU such as Albania -6.8% , Macedonia (6.1%) or Montenegro(5.9%).
At the top of the ranking is Germany and Sweden while Latvia, Lithuania and Luxembourg have a percentage close to that of Romania.
Romania is at the end of the ranking of the EU as regards the expenses for health per inhabitant and the expenses with hospitalised patients.
The budget allocated for health per inhabitant represents a third of the European average and is up to five times less than in Luxembourg which allocates most money for health from this point of view. The end of the ranking is completed by Bulgaria and Latvia.
As regards the expenses for hospitalised patients,most money is allocated in Denmark, Sweden and Luxembourg and the least in Romania, Bulgaria and Latvia.
The report treats about issues such as the budget allocated for issues connected to mental diseases where Romania is again at the end of the ranking together with Bulgaria and the Czech Republic,the percentage allocated from the GDP being between 2-2.5%. The countries most careful about psychic health are Denmark, Finland, the Netherland and Belgium where the average is 5% of GDP.
At the level of the EU the life expectancy of the citizens from the 28 European states reached on average 81 years old.The inhabitants from Spain and Italy have the highest life expectancy getting to 83 easily while in two thirds of the EU countries the citizens get over 80.
Romania is at the end of the ranking again together with Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia where the life expectancy is 75.
Infantile mortality is another issue faced by Romania in the context where five babies out of 1,000 die at birth. The European average is four death for 1,000 births. The end of the ranking is completed by Bulgaria, Malta and Slovakia.