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Covid-19: does the UK spend a large enough proportion of its national wealth on the provision of healthcare?
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3397 (Published 03 September 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3397
- Stephen T Green, honorary professor of international health and consultant physician1,
- Lorenzo Cladi, associate head of school (teaching and learning)2
- 1Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
- 2School of Law, Criminology and Government, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
- steve.green5{at}nhs.net
Given that the provision of healthcare services to a population will always be costly,1 the proportion of national wealth—represented by gross domestic product (GDP)—that a country chooses to spend on health is essentially a political decision. Does the UK currently spend enough?
Ensuring value for money is laudable and reasonable, but it is not acceptable that, …
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