Health and Social Care Accounts; expenditure and financing 1998-2011
Explanation of symbols
Table explanation
This table contains information on the expenditure on health and social care including child care, in current and constant prices. The subjects cover expenses and finance of the care system, including price and volume developments. All activities within the area of health and social care are considered, irrespective of whether it concerns a major or minor activity of the economic units. These figures refer to a broader definition than internationally used in the System of Health Accounts, that refers to health care including long term nursing care (health).
Data available from: 1998 to 2011
Status of the figures:
All figures are final.
Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.
Changes as of August 27, 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table has been replaced by three tables: Health accounts; providers and financing. Health accounts; providers and functions. Health accounts; functions and financing. See section 3.
Description topics
- Expenditure in current prices
- The expenditure is expressed in euros of the year under review. In this
way the series gives the development of the value of the expenditure.- Total expenditure on providers of care
- Providers of health care
- Suppliers of goods and services in the area of medical, paramedical, and
nursing care. These goods and services are provided for people
suffering from diseases, disabilities or limitations of a physical and/or
mental nature, are related to prevention, diagnostics, treatment and
medical nursing/caring, are provided by trained experts and/or
companies (or parts of companies) set up for this purpose, or are
provided by households.- Total providers of health care
- Hospitals and medical specialists
- Institutions and practices in which during day and/or night all kinds of
medical specialistic curative care is offered.
Hospital: A formally recognised institution where medical specialists
provide round-the-clock medical care.
Practice of medical specialist: Medical care provided by a certified
medical specialist (excluding help provided in hospitals).
- Providers of mental health care
- Psychiatric hospitals, psychiatrists and ambulatory mental health
services.
- Practices of general practitioners
- Units of licensed physicians that provide general medical care to a fixed
number of registered patients.
- Practices of dentists
- Units that provide dental care. Dental care comprises diagnostics,
preventive dental care, prosthetic and orthodontic dental care,
basic dental surgery.
- Paramedics and midwife practices
- Physiotherapist's practices and other paramedic professionals, e.g.
occupational therapists, speech therapists, dieticians, remedial
therapists, etc.
- Other providers of health care
- Total other providers of health care
- Municipal health care services
- (Inter)municipal medical institutions assigned to:
a. gain insight into the state of health of the population;
b. monitor the consequences of administrative decisions with regard to
environment;
c. promote hygiene and psycho-hygiene;
d. contribute to prevention programmes, provide information on health and
education;
e. implement procedures to prevent infectious diseases and curb
health-related risks factors among young people.
- Occupational health and safety agencies
- Occupational health care comprises the protection and promotion of the
state of health of employees in relation to working conditions and
working environment.
- Providers of medicines and medical goods
- Suppliers of medicines (Pharmacies; Drugstores / Supermarkets)
- Providers of therapeutical equipment
- Pharmacies; Drugstores / Supermarkets; Optician's shops; Orthopaedic
shoemakers; Retail trade in orthopaedic articles; Dental technician's
laboratories; Retail trade in home care articles; Retail trade in other
therapeutic appliances.
- Providers of ancillary services
- Thrombosis services; Medical laboratories;
Laboratories of General practitioners; Eurotransplant;
Blood banks; Institute for public health and environment;
Food authority; Netherlands Vaccine institute
- Providers of other health care
- Institutes for oncological treatment and radiotherapy;
Medical sports examination and advice offices; Offices for sexually
transmitted diseases; Audiological centres; Institutes for breast
cancer examinations; Institutes for cervix cancer examinations;
Practices of psychologists and psychotherapists; Practices for
alternative health care treatment; Medical services of the military
and defence personnel; Asthma clinic Davos; Abortion clinics;
Private health care clinics; Providers of care in the rest of the world;
Ambulance services; Taxi companies.