The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012.

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recent total health expenditure in different 12 European nations in 2002, 2007, and 2012.

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, it can be clearly observed that Switzerland spent the largest on healthcare,

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Estonia was the fewest throughout the given time frame.

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, it is interesting to note that trends of expenses

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project similar

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in several countries.

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with, in terms of similarity, there are four nations

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figures remain stable across three compared years. A closer look at the bar chart revealed that Switzerland paid the highest among all others at 11%, followed by Belgium and Spain at 10% and 8% ,respectively.

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, It is noticeable that Estonia

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fewest at 3%.

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of figures can be seen from the diagram as well, where both figures in 2002 and 2007 remain constant before

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in 2012. Denmark and Norway both

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slightly over 8% during the first two aforementioned

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10% in 2012. Meanwhile, the variations can be found

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%, 3%, and 4% fall in Slovenia, Poland, and Lithuania, chronologically. In regards

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of trends, The

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a constant fall from 10% and eventually dropped 1% every five years. Luxembourg,

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the same at 8% before

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1%.

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, France

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some fluctuations

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their expenses with the same figure as the

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in 2002, reaching its peak at 11% in 2007, before fell down to 9%.