Health expenditure; functions and financing

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Functions Financing Health care expenditure (mln euro)
HCR1: Long-term care (social) Total financing of residents 14,303
HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 13,876
HF11: Government schemes 7,390
HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 6,486
HF121a: Long-term care insurance 6,486
HF121b: Health Insurance Fund
HF122: Compulsory private insurance 0
Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 427
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 427
HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 0
HF32: Cost sharing 427
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care Total financing of residents 12,228
HF1: Government, comp. contr. schemes 11,803
HF11: Government schemes 7,151
HF12: Compulsory contributory schemes 4,652
HF121a: Long-term care insurance 4,652
HF121b: Health Insurance Fund
HF122: Compulsory private insurance 0
Voluntary schemes (incl. OOP) 424
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 424
HF31: Out-of-pocket excl cost sharing 0
HF32: Cost sharing 424
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.