Health expenditure

Health expenditure is made up of all payments to health care providers. This does not cover the health insurance premiums, as these would otherwise be counted twice.
Health care according to the internationally agreed definition includes curative care, rehabilitation care, support services such as laboratory examinations and ambulance services, medicines and medical aids, prevention, policy and management expenditures (such as to the Ministry of Health, Welfare (and Sport - not included here), Dutch Healthcare Authority, Centre for Indicative Care) and those parts of long-term care where treatment, nursing and personal care predominate.

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