Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers
| Functions | Providers | Periods | Care expenditure (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenditure on health and care | Total health and social care providers | 2022* | 126,197 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2022* | 27,604 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2022* | 33,393 |
| Total expenditure on health and care | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2022* | 4,944 |
| Social work and child day care | Total health and social care providers | 2022* | 14,518 |
| Social work and child day care | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2022* | 0 |
| Social work and child day care | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2022* | 281 |
| Social work and child day care | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2022* | 933 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | Total health and social care providers | 2022* | 252 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2022* | 166 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2022* | 11 |
| Exports and R&D foreign financed | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2022* | 0 |
| Source: CBS. | |||
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This table shows how health(care) expenditure according to the international definition and care expenditure in the broad sense used by Statistics Netherlands are related. Financing has been chosen as the starting point.
Healthcare is delineated according to the international definition of the System of Health Accounts. All healthcare activities count, regardless of whether they take place inside or outside the healthcare sector. Only resident health expenditure counts.
Care spending in the broad sense covers all care activities, including welfare and childcare, regardless of whether these activities take place as a main or secondary activity. Care can be for residents or non-residents. Care provided in the Netherlands for non-residents (such as tourists) is included in the export of services.
In brief:
Care expenditure in the broad sense
-/- health-related expenditure, such as domestic care within care for the elderly
-/- expenditure on other care and welfare, such as childcare
-/- expenditure on education, research and development, other services
-/- export, foreign-paid activities
= Total current expenditure on health
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
- Care expenditure
- Final consumption expenditure in current prices on care goods and services used by or for residents in one year; care includes healthcare, social care, youth care, child care.