Health expenditure; functions and financing

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Functions Health care expenditure (mln euro)
Health expenditure for residents 14,323
HC1: Services of curative care 6,776
HC11: In-patient curative care 888
HC12: Day cases of curative care 220
HC13: Outpatient curative care 5,641
HC13.1: General outpatient curative care 84
HC13.2: Outpatient dental care 620
HC13.3: Spec. outpatient curative care 2,651
HC13.9: Other outpatient curative care 2,285
HC14: Services of curative home care 26
HC.2:Services of rehabilitative care 670
HC21: In-patient rehabilitative care 33
HC22: Day cases of rehabilitative care 0
HC23: Out-patient rehabilitative care 637
HC3: Services of long-term nursing care 2,229
HC31: In-patient long-term nursing care 2,067
HC32: Day cases long-term nursing care 14
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) 10
HC34: Long-term nursing care: home care 137
HC4: Ancillary services 52
HC41: Laboratory services 6
HC42: Imaging diagnosis 0
HC43: Patient transport 46
HC5: Medical goods 3,924
HC51: Pharmaceuticals, other nondurables 2,349
HC52: Therapeutic appliances 1,576
HC6: Preventive care 629
HC7: Governance, health system, fin. 0
HC71: Governance, health system adm. 0
HC72: Administration of health financing 0
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. 43
Total health related expenditure .
HCR1: Long-term care (social) .
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care .
HCR12: Long-term soc. care cash benefits .
HCR2: Health promotion multi-sector .
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.