Health expenditure; functions and financing

Health expenditure; functions and financing

Functions Financing Periods Expenditure on health and social care (mln euro)
HCR1: Long-term care (social) Total financing of residents 2022* 11,167
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 2022* 10,599
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF11: Government schemes 2022* 5,004
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 2022* 5,595
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF121a: Long-term care insurance 2022* 5,456
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF122: Compulsory private insurance 2022* 139
HCR1: Long-term care (social) Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 2022* 568
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF2: Voluntary schemes 2022* 0
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF22: Financing schemes NPISH 2022* 0
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF23: Enterprise financing schemes 2022* 0
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 568
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 2022* 0
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF32: Cost sharing 2022* 568
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care Total financing of residents 2022* 8,706
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 2022* 8,157
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF11: Government schemes 2022* 4,721
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 2022* 3,435
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF121a: Long-term care insurance 2022* 3,435
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF121b: Health Insurance Fund 2022*
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF122: Compulsory private insurance 2022* 0
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 2022* 549
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF2: Voluntary schemes 2022* 0
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 2022* 0
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF22: Financing schemes NPISH 2022* 0
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF23: Enterprise financing schemes 2022* 0
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 549
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 2022* 0
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF32: Cost sharing 2022* 549
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.

Description topics

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.