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Table 1 Patients’ perception of quality of healthcare and selected healthcare systems variables

From: Corruption, inequality and population perception of healthcare quality in Europe

Rank

Country

Eurobarometer mean score for perception of quality of healthcare

Health expenditure per capita (current USD) average 2008-2010

Total health expenditure (as % of GDP) average 2008-2010

Number of physicians per 1000 people, average 2008-2010

1

Austria

1.613

5048.8

10.8

4.9

2

Belgium

1.671

4707.2

10.5

3.0

3

Sweden

1.74

4641.3

9.6

3.8

4

Netherlands

1.862

5527.0

11.3

2.9

5

Finland

1.866

4105.6

8.8

2.8

6

Denmark

1.895

6406.2

11.0

3.4

7

UK

1.905

3581.3

9.4

2.7

8

Luxembourg

1.918

8166.1

7.5

2.8

9

Malta

1.922

1653.6

8.5

3.1

10

France

1.955

4823.9

11.7

3.5

11

Germany

1.998

4703.1

11.3

3.6

12

Spain

2.064

3015.2

9.4

4.0

13

Czech Rep.

2.133

1482.8

7.6

3.6

14

Cyprus

2.217

1805.5

6.0

2.6

15

Estonia

2.265

959.5

6.2

3.4

16

Slovenia

2.299

2214.3

9.0

2.5

17

Italy

2.52

3347.6

9.3

3.9

18

Ireland

2.527

4732.1

9.2

3.2

19

Slovak Rep.

2.531

1428.3

8.6

3.0

20

Lithuania

2.653

850.5

7.1

3.6

21

Portugal

2.664

2371.7

10.6

3.9

22

Latvia

2.791

816.1

6.6

3.0

23

Poland

2.837

906.4

7.3

2.2

24

Hungary

2.92

1006.0

7.4

3.1

25

Bulgaria

2.931

475.2

7.0

3.7

26

Greece

2.974

2941.1

10.3

3.6

27

Romania

2.984

458.8

5.6

2.3

  1. Sources: Eurobarometer special survey on health (2010), World Development Indicators. The perception of quality of healthcare variable takes values from 1 - very good to 4 - very bad.