Health expenditure; functions and financing

Health expenditure; functions and financing

Functions Financing Periods Expenditure on health and social care (mln euro)
Total current health expenditure HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
Total current health expenditure HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 4,229
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
HC7: Governance, health system, fin. HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HC7: Governance, health system, fin. HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 505
HC71: Governance, health system adm. HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HC71: Governance, health system adm. HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
HC72: Administration of health financing HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HC72: Administration of health financing HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 505
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
Total health related expenditure HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
Total health related expenditure HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
HCR2: Health promotion multi-sector HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HCR2: Health promotion multi-sector HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
Source: CBS.
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This table presents health(care) expenditure used by residents of the Netherlands in a year. Health care is delineated according to the international definition of the System of Health Accounts. The figures are thus internationally comparable with Eurostat, OECD and WHO publications. All healthcare activities count, regardless of whether they take place inside or outside the healthcare sector.
The figures are derived from the care accounts, which include more activities such as youth care, welfare work, social services and child care. The care accounts also include exports (expenditure on and by non-residents).

Data available from: 1998

Status of figures:
Figures for 2022 are provisional; figures for 2020 and 2021 are revised provisional; other figures are final.

Changes as of 21 July 2023:
The figures on 2020 have been updated.

When will there be new figures?
Updated figures for 2020-2022 and provisional figures for 2023 will be published in the second quarter of 2024.

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Expenditure on health and social care
Final consumption expenditure in current prices on health and social care goods and services used by or for residents in one year.