This statistic displays the number of people employed in the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2018 (in 1,000s). It shows that in 2018, approximately 1.4 million people were employed in this sector.
Number of people employed in the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2018
(in 1,000s)
The source adds: "Persons employed in a Netherlands-based company or a private household in the Netherlands, with main activities in health care and welfare."
According to the source, this sector includes:
"- treatment in general and specialised hospitals;
- mental health and addiction care, possibly in combination with overnight admission;
- treatment at medical and paramedical practices;
- support activities for health care, e.g. laboratories and ambulance services;
- nursing care or assistance with housing by, e.g. nursing homes or organisations for assisted living schemes;
- welfare care, such as home care, local welfare and assistance to disabled and elderly persons;
- childcare."
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (December 20, 2019). Number of people employed in the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/544150/number-of-people-employed-in-health-sector-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of people employed in the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/544150/number-of-people-employed-in-health-sector-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2019). Number of people employed in the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2018 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/544150/number-of-people-employed-in-health-sector-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of People Employed in The Health and Welfare Sector in The Netherlands from 2007 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/544150/number-of-people-employed-in-health-sector-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Number of people employed in the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2018 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/544150/number-of-people-employed-in-health-sector-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited December 01, 2021)
