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The healthcare market in the UK can be divided into 3 sub-sections: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Primary includes initial patient consultations. Job categories in this sector include general physicians. The secondary sector involves the consultation of more specialised practitioners, such as a cardiologist, typically recommended by a primary healthcare physician. The tertiary sector is extremely specialised, e.g., cardiac surgery, where practitioners do very specific work. Healthcare in the UK plays a large role in the country’s economy. The United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) classifies healthcare into three different categories: *hospital activities: care provided in hospital, under any specialisation *clinical or dental activities *other human activities, such as laboratories, equipment providers and drug manufacturers == Spending and funding == In the UK the healthcare industry is largely provided for by the National Health Service (NHS). NHS expenditure increased from 64 billion pounds in 2003/04 to 114 billion pounds in 2013/14. Per capita spending rose by over 400 pounds in that period. The majority was for primary healthcare. The government was faced with a deficit of 2.1 billion pounds in the year 2013, because of healthcare. However the percentage of GDP spent on healthcare was significantly lower than that of almost all developed countries. The UK spent only 9.26% on healthcare compared with US spending of 16.09% and 12% in the Netherlands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthcare market in the UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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