Health service expenditure by category
The Minister provided a table setting out estimated 1976 non-capital health expenditure percentages across the requested categories, with drug costs also reflected in relevant service headings.
asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the total cost of the health services attributable to (a) administration (b) the purchase of drugs (c) the GMS (d) community care and (e) hospital services.
Comment on this
The information is in the form of a table which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I will have circulated with the Official Report.
Table
ESTIMATED expenditures expressed as percentages of the estimated total noncapital expenditure on health services for 1976.
NOTES:
(1) The cost of drugs and medicines supplied under general medical services and used in hospitals are reflected in the percentages for those headings as well as in the percentage for the purchase of drugs and medicines. The cost of drugs and medicines used under general medical services represents 4.4% of the total cost of health services. The cost of drugs and medicines used in hospitals represents 3.9% of the total cost of health services.
(2) The percentage for administration relates to general administrative costs but does not include costs specific to individual hospitals, health centres, etc.