Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers
| Functions | Providers | Periods | Care expenditure (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health expenditure for residents | Total health and social care providers | 2022* | 96,028 |
| Health expenditure for residents | Total health care providers | 2022* | 96,028 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP1: Hospitals | 2022* | 31,060 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP11: General and university hospitals | 2022* | 24,643 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP12: Mental health institutions, | 2022* | 5,013 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP13: Specialised hospitals | 2022* | 1,405 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. | 2022* | 27,050 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP21: Nursing care facilities | 2022* | 19,730 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled | 2022* | 7,320 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care | 2022* | 16,467 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP31: Medical practices | 2022* | 7,497 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP32: Dental practices | 2022* | 3,355 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP34: Ambulatory health care centres | 2022* | 2,129 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP33 : Other health care practitioners | 2022* | 3,486 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP4: Providers of ancillary services | 2022* | 1,896 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP41: Patient transportation, emergency | 2022* | 558 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. | 2022* | 1,338 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP5: Retailers of medical goods | 2022* | 9,858 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP51: Pharmacies | 2022* | 6,098 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other | 2022* | 3,760 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP6: Providers of preventive care | 2022* | 3,951 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. | 2022* | 4,010 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP71: Government health administration | 2022* | 1,221 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP72: Social health insurance agencies | 2022* | 1,783 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP73: Providers of health insurance | 2022* | 505 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP79: Other administration agencies | 2022* | 500 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP8: Rest of economy | 2022* | 1,082 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP81: Households prov. home health care | 2022* | 0 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP82: Secondary providers of health care | 2022* | 1,082 |
| Health expenditure for residents | HP9: Rest of the world | 2022* | 656 |
| Health expenditure for residents | Welfare, children's day care | 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.