Follow the money to see what Budget 2024 spends on health

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Follow the money to see what Budget 2024 spends on health

Peter Huskinson
Figure 1. Government day-to-day health spending
Figure 1. Government day-to-day health spending [Source: Vote Health Sector estimates from Treasury.govt.nz]

Health economist Peter Huskinson analyses the Budget’s real-terms health spend per person and how this compares to previous years

Budget 2024 sees the amount of day-today spend per person on health next year at current prices reduce by 3 per cent to $4686 per person As the d, Figure 2. New Zealand real terms average annual health spend change per person, Figure 2. New Zealand real terms average annual health spend change per person [Source: OECD health spending data at constant prices, Vote Health Budg