Written answers
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Household Medical Expenditure
10:30 am
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 130 to 138, inclusive, of 18 May 2010, if he will give details of the expenditure on doctors which is referred to; if it refers to general practitioners and doctors in hospital; if it refers to consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22295/10]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The average annual household expenditure on doctors in the Household Budget Survey includes any expenditure on general practitioners, doctors in hospital and consultants. The sub-index of the Consumer Price Index used to update this expenditure is calculated using price quotations from both general practitioners and consultants in private practice.
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