Health expenditure; functions and financing

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Functions Health care expenditure (mln euro)
HC1: Services of curative care 149
HC11: In-patient curative care 0
HC12: Day cases of curative care 0
HC13: Outpatient curative care 148
HC13.1: General outpatient curative care 0
HC13.2: Outpatient dental care 148
HC13.3: Spec. outpatient curative care 0
HC13.9: Other outpatient curative care 0
HC14: Services of curative home care 0
HC.2:Services of rehabilitative care 0
HC21: In-patient rehabilitative care 0
HC22: Day cases of rehabilitative care 0
HC23: Out-patient rehabilitative care 0
HC3: Services of long-term nursing care 29,084
HC31: In-patient long-term nursing care 23,724
HC32: Day cases long-term nursing care 201
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) 105
HC34: Long-term nursing care: home care 5,054
HC6: Preventive care 0
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. 0
HCR1: Long-term care (social) .
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care .
HCR12: Long-term soc. care cash benefits .
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: 2021

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2025 are provisional. The figures for 2022–2024 are revised provisional. The figures for 2021 are final.

Changes as of 25 June 2026:
The provisional figures for 2025 have been added. The figures for 2022–2024 have been revised in parts based on the most recent data from various sources, including claims data from the Health Insurance Act (Zorgverzekeringswet) and the Long-term Care Act (Wet langdurige zorg), figures from the Healthcare Institute (Zorginstituut) and the CBS business economics health statistics.

When will new figures be available?
At the end of 2026, the figures for 2022–2025 will be revised. In early 2027, provisional figures for 2026 will be published.


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