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The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should * GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of goods that are made and services that are provided in a country.

The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should * GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of goods that are made and services that are provided in a country.
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The bar chart illustrates the percentage of
health
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 spending of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in twelve European countries in 2002, 2007, and 2012. At first
glance
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 it is evident that
,
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 Switzerland has the highest
health
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expenditure
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 fraction of Gross Domestic Product,
while
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 Estonia ranked
last
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 on the percentage of spending. Specifically, we can split the countries into two
group
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 with
the
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 baseline of 8% of
expenditure
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.
As a result
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, Switzerland, Slovenia, Norway, The Netherlands, France, Denmark, and Belgium are countries that ever reach 8% of
health
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expenditure
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. Switzerland constantly recorded 11% of
expenditure
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, making them
as
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a
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 country with the highest percentage of GDP spending on
health
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.
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, France ever
reach
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reached
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 11% of
expenditure
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 in 2007, but the number decreased
until
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to
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 9% in 2012. Meanwhile, The Netherlands had a gradual decrease
of
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in
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health
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 spending from 10% in 2002 to 8% in 2012.
In contrast
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, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, and Spain had never got more than 8% of spending. Estonia placed
last
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 for a constant 3% portion of GDP to
health
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expenditure
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. Interestingly, Lithuania and Poland
have
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had
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 a gradual increase
of
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in
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expenditure
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 until
finish
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finished
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 at 6% and 7% respectively in 2012.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "last".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words health, expenditure with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reach" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "gradual" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • - Current health expenditure: The amount of money spent on healthcare services and products at present.
  • - Percentage of GDP: The proportion of the Gross Domestic Product (the total value of goods and services produced in a country) allocated to health expenditure.
  • - Main features: The most important characteristics or aspects.
  • - Overall: In general; considering everything.
  • - Surpassed: Exceeded; went beyond.
  • - Decline: A decrease or reduction.
  • - Fluctuation: An irregular rise and fall; variation.
  • - Comparisons: The act of examining similarities and differences between two or more things.
  • - Largest increase: The greatest growth or rise.
  • - Most fluctuation: The highest degree of variation or instability.
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