Health expenditure; functions and financing

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Functions Financing Health care expenditure (mln euro)
HC14: Services of curative home care Total financing of residents 648
HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 595
HF11: Government schemes 0
HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 595
HF121a: Long-term care insurance 0
HF121b: Health Insurance Fund
HF122: Compulsory private insurance 595
Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 53
HF2: Voluntary schemes 17
HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 17
HF22: Financing schemes NPISH 0
HF23: Enterprise financing schemes 0
HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 36
HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 11
HF32: Cost sharing 24
HC34: Long-term nursing care: home care Total financing of residents 7,739
HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 7,638
HF11: Government schemes 0
HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 7,638
HF121a: Long-term care insurance 4,401
HF121b: Health Insurance Fund
HF122: Compulsory private insurance 3,237
Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 102
HF2: Voluntary schemes 0
HF21: Voluntary health insurance schemes 0
HF22: Financing schemes NPISH 0
HF23: Enterprise financing schemes 0
HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 102
HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 0
HF32: Cost sharing 102
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 2024 are revised provisional. The figures for 2022 and 2023 are revised provisional. The figures for 2021 are final.

Changes as of 8 October 2025:
The figures for 2021–2024 have been partly adjusted, based on the most up-to-date data from various sources, including data from the National Health Care Institute and the CBS business and economic statistics on health care.

When will new figures be published?
In spring 2026, provisional figures for 2025 and revised figures for 2022–2023 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.