Health expenditure: national and international figures compared; providers

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Functions Providers Health and social care expenditure (mln euro)
Total expenditure on health and care Total health care providers 154,933
HP1: Hospitals 44,199
HP11: General and university hospitals 34,094
HP12: Mental health institutions, 8,398
HP13: Specialised hospitals 1,707
HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 39,311
HP21: Nursing care facilities 25,855
HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 13,456
HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 25,846
HP31: Medical practices 4,739
HP32: Dental practices 3,468
HP33 : Other health care practitioners 8,716
HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 6,851
HP35: Providers home healthcare services 2,071
HP4: Providers of ancillary services 955
HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 636
HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 320
HP5: Retailers of medical goods 9,358
HP51: Pharmacies 4,988
HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 4,369
HP6: Providers of preventive care 3,741
HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 4,208
HP71: Government health administration 1,644
HP72: Social health insurance agencies 2,078
HP73: Providers of health insurance 487
HP79: Other administration agencies 0
HP8: Rest of economy 26,660
HP81: Households prov. home health care 2,086
HP82: Secondary providers of health care 24,574
HP9: Rest of the world 655
Social work and child day care Total health care providers 23,510
HP1: Hospitals 99
HP11: General and university hospitals 0
HP12: Mental health institutions, 94
HP13: Specialised hospitals 5
HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 305
HP21: Nursing care facilities 269
HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 36
HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 1,294
HP31: Medical practices 0
HP32: Dental practices 0
HP33 : Other health care practitioners 1,039
HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 207
HP35: Providers home healthcare services 48
HP4: Providers of ancillary services 0
HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 0
HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 0
HP5: Retailers of medical goods 0
HP51: Pharmacies 0
HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 0
HP6: Providers of preventive care 614
HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 75
HP71: Government health administration 75
HP72: Social health insurance agencies 0
HP73: Providers of health insurance 0
HP79: Other administration agencies 0
HP8: Rest of economy 21,123
HP81: Households prov. home health care 49
HP82: Secondary providers of health care 21,074
HP9: Rest of the world 0
Educ., R&D dom. fin, other services Total health care providers 3,461
HP1: Hospitals 3,046
HP11: General and university hospitals 2,859
HP12: Mental health institutions, 153
HP13: Specialised hospitals 33
HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 36
HP21: Nursing care facilities 25
HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 11
HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 375
HP31: Medical practices 20
HP32: Dental practices 0
HP33 : Other health care practitioners 0
HP34: Ambulatory health care centres 355
HP35: Providers home healthcare services 0
HP4: Providers of ancillary services 0
HP41: Patient transportation, emergency 0
HP42-49: Laboratories, other anc. serv. 0
HP5: Retailers of medical goods 0
HP51: Pharmacies 0
HP52-59 : Suppl. med. appliances, other 0
HP6: Providers of preventive care 0
HP7: Healthcare adm. and financ. 2
HP71: Government health administration 2
HP72: Social health insurance agencies 0
HP73: Providers of health insurance 0
HP79: Other administration agencies 0
HP8: Rest of economy 3
HP81: Households prov. home health care 0
HP82: Secondary providers of health care 3
HP9: Rest of the world 0
Exports and R&D foreign financed Total health care providers 256
HP1: Hospitals 173
HP11: General and university hospitals 173
HP12: Mental health institutions, 0
HP13: Specialised hospitals 0
HP2: Nursing and residential care facil. 11
HP21: Nursing care facilities 11
HP22-29: Facilities for the disabled 0
HP3: Providers of ambulatory health care 14
HP31: Medical practices 7
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows how health(care) expenditure according to the international definition and health and social care expenditure used by Statistics Netherlands are related. Financing has been chosen as the starting point.
Healthcare is delineated according to the international definition of the System of Health Accounts. All healthcare activities count, regardless of whether they take place inside or outside the healthcare sector. Only resident health expenditure counts.
Health and social care expenditure covers all care activities, including welfare and childcare, regardless of whether these activities take place as a main or secondary activity. Care can be for residents or non-residents. Care provided in the Netherlands for non-residents (such as tourists) is included in the export of services.

In brief:
Health and social care expenditure
-/- health-related expenditure, such as domestic care within care for the elderly
-/- expenditure on other care and welfare, such as childcare
-/- expenditure on education, research and development, other services
-/- export, foreign-paid activities
= Total current expenditure on health

Data available from: 2021

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2024 are provisional. The figures for 2022 and 2023 are revised provisional. The figures for 2021 are final.

Changes as of 8 October 2025:
The provisional figures for 2024 have been added. In addition, the figures for 2021–2023 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, the figures for 2022–2024 will be revised. At the end of 2026, provisional figures for 2025 will be published.

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Health and social care expenditure
Final consumption expenditure in current prices on health and social care goods and services used by or for residents in one year; care includes health care, social care, youth care, child care.