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Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex
Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by medicine group (ATC), age and sex in absolute figures and as percentage of the total population
Health expenditure; functions, financing for internat.comparisons,1998-2022
Health accounts; functions and financing, healthcare functions; healthcare financing
Health spending per capita second highest in the EU
In 2020, average per capita spending on health care in the Netherlands was higher than in almost all other countries of the EU. The out-of-pocket payments, on the other hand, were comparatively among...
Health and health care; personal characteristics
Health, chronic disorders, use of health care sex, age, eduational level, ethnicity, income level
Type 2 diabetes often linked to cardiovascular disease
People aged 45 and over with type 2 diabetes are more likely to suffer from other long-term disorders.
OTC medicines popular among women and higher educated
Last year, the proportion of people in the Netherlands taking non-prescribed medicines was as high as those taking prescribed medicines. Over-the-counter (OTC) medication is more common among women,...
Use of anti-diabetics by ethnic background
Proportionally, more first-generation people with a non-western background than native Dutch take anti-diabetics. The most recent figures published by Statistics Netherlands show that, with respect...
Hay fever index
Hay fever index