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 graph illustrates the

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in twelve European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and

Switzerland

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)

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health spending rates in 2002, 2007 and 2012.

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,

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some countries experienced slight changes with increasing or decreasing over

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, some of them remained

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.

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,

Switzerland

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recorded the highest costs of healthcare,

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to Estonia which had the lowest and 8% lower than

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across all three years. Belgium, Estonia, Spain and

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had the same pathway with remaining constant by 10, 3, 8,

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percents

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respectively in the years 2002, 2007 and 2012.

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, Denmark, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Slovenia were stable between 2002 and 2007.

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, they saw a slight increase in 2012 by adding one

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to their expenses, finishing at 10%, 6%, 10%, 7%,

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% by the end of the period.

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, France, Luxembourg and

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the Netherlands

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experienced a slight decrease over time.

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, France's trend fluctuated, it started

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10 percent, inclined to 11% and dropped to 9%.

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, Luxembourg was 8% in the

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2002 and 2007,

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it fell to 7%.

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, Netherlands started with 10% and continued with 9%,

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finally

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it declined slightly to 8%

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of the period.