Health expenditure; functions and providers

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Functions Providers Health care expenditure (mln euro)
Health expenditure for residents Total health care providers 120,201
HP1: Hospitals 40,796
HP11: General and university hospitals 32,578
HP12: Mental health institutions, 6,434
HP13: Specialised hospitals 1,784
HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 34,109
HP21: Nursing care facilities 24,140
HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 9,970
HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 24,749
HP31: Medical practices 4,994
HP32: Dental practices 3,688
HP33 : Other health care practitioners 8,191
HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 6,431
HP35: Providers home healthcare services 1,445
HP4: Providers of ancillary services 1,021
HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 694
HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 327
HP5: Retailers of medical goods 9,064
HP51: Pharmacies 5,371
HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 3,694
HP6: Providers of preventive care 3,307
HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 3,549
HP71: Government health administration 863
HP72: Social health insurance agencies 2,183
HP73: Providers of health insurance 502
HP79: Other administration agencies 0
HP8: Rest of economy 2,997
HP81: Households prov. home health care 120
HP82: Secondary providers of health care 2,877
HP9: Rest of the world 607
Total health related expenditure Total health care providers .
HP1: Hospitals .
HP11: General and university hospitals .
HP12: Mental health institutions, .
HP13: Specialised hospitals .
HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. .
HP21: Nursing care facilities .
HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled .
HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care .
HP31: Medical practices .
HP32: Dental practices .
HP33 : Other health care practitioners .
HP34: Ambulatory health care centres .
HP35: Providers home healthcare services .
HP4: Providers of ancillary services .
HP41: Patient transportation, emergency .
HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. .
HP5: Retailers of medical goods .
HP51: Pharmacies .
HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other .
HP6: Providers of preventive care .
HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. .
HP71: Government health administration .
HP72: Social health insurance agencies .
HP73: Providers of health insurance .
HP79: Other administration agencies .
HP8: Rest of economy .
HP81: Households prov. home health care .
HP82: Secondary providers of health care .
HP9: Rest of the world .
Source: CBS.
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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.