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. 2000 Mar 25;320(7238):865-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7238.865.

Blair's billions: where will he find the money for the NHS?

J Appleby  1 , S Boyle
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Blair's billions: where will he find the money for the NHS?

J Appleby et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
How government spending would have to increase if NHS spending were to remain a constant proportion of government spending yet increase in real terms by 9.7% a year for the next five years
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Figure 2
How private healthcare expenditure would have to increase to close the “funding gap” if NHS expenditure increased in real terms by 5% a year yet total healthcare spending increased in real terms by 9.7% a year for the next five years
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