Health expenditure; functions and providers

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Functions Health care expenditure (mln euro)
Health expenditure for residents 2,861
HC1: Services of curative care 721
HC11: In-patient curative care 184
HC12: Day cases of curative care 4
HC13: Outpatient curative care 513
HC13.1: General outpatient curative care 89
HC13.2: Outpatient dental care 27
HC13.3: Spec. outpatient curative care 320
HC13.9: Other outpatient curative care 77
HC14: Services of curative home care 21
HC.2:Services of rehabilitative care 45
HC21: In-patient rehabilitative care 0
HC22: Day cases of rehabilitative care 0
HC23: Out-patient rehabilitative care 45
HC3: Services of long-term nursing care 648
HC31: In-patient long-term nursing care 119
HC32: Day cases long-term nursing care 2
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) 0
HC34: Long-term nursing care: home care 526
HC4: Ancillary services 140
HC41: Laboratory services 0
HC42: Imaging diagnosis 0
HC43: Patient transport 140
HC5: Medical goods 1,018
HC51: Pharmaceuticals, other nondurables 997
HC52: Therapeutic appliances 21
HC6: Preventive care 289
HC7: Governance, health system, fin. 0
HC71: Governance, health system adm. 0
HC72: Administration of health financing 0
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. 0
Total health related expenditure 2,673
HCR1: Long-term care (social) 2,673
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care 709
HCR12: Long-term soc. care cash benefits 1,964
HCR2: Health promotion multi-sector 0
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 2022-2024 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.