In the publication yesterday on the financial balance of the general government some mistakes were made in compiling the estimate for the expenditure on health. The expenditure was underestimated by 7 billion ISK. This correction does not affect the total balance of the general government finances.

Corrected figures show 3.4% increase in health expenditure (2.9% decrease in real terms). Thereof the increase in hospital services increased by 3.2 billion or 4% between years. Total expenditure on health services is 8.9% of GDP.

Statistics Iceland apologises for the inconvenience this might have caused but stresses that these are still preliminary figures.

Web tables have already been updated.

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