Health expenditure; functions and financing, 1998-2022

Health expenditure; functions and financing, 1998-2022

Functions Financing Periods Health care expenditure (mln euro)
Total current health expenditure HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 9,704
HC1: Services of curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 3,740
HC11: In-patient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 1,439
HC12: Day cases of curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 379
HC13: Outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 1,897
HC13.1: General outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 140
HC13.2: Outpatient dental care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 657
HC13.3: Spec. outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 911
HC13.9: Other outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 187
HC14: Services of curative home care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 26
HC.2:Services of rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 250
HC21: In-patient rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 28
HC22: Day cases of rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 2
HC23: Out-patient rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 219
HC3: Services of long-term nursing care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 1,662
HC31: In-patient long-term nursing care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 1,642
HC32: Day cases long-term nursing care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
HC34: Long-term nursing care: home care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 20
HC4: Ancillary services HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 52
HC41: Laboratory services HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 10
HC42: Imaging diagnosis HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
HC43: Patient transport HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 42
HC5: Medical goods HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 3,846
HC51: Pharmaceuticals, other nondurables HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 2,119
HC52: Therapeutic appliances HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 1,727
HC6: Preventive care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 84
HC7: Governance, health system, fin. HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
HC71: Governance, health system adm. HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
HC72: Administration of health financing HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 70
Total health related expenditure HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 569
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 569
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 549
HCR12: Long-term soc. care cash benefits HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 20
HCR2: Health promotion multi-sector HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022** 0
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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 to 2022

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2021 and 2022 are revised provisional. The figures for the other years are final. Since this table has been discontinued, provisional data will not become final.

Changes as of 10 December 2024:
This table has been discontinued. The name of the topic ‘Expenditure on health and social care’ has been changed to ‘Health care expenditure’, as this table only covers expenditure on health care, not social care.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. The table has been discontinued and superseded by table 'Health expenditure; functions and financing' (see paragraph 3). The new table contains revised data. New sources and statistical techniques have been incorporated in the revised figures.

Description topics

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