Hospital costs per person under Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) 2009-2020, by gender

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Jennifer Rudden,

Oct 28, 2022

In 2020, hospital costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) for males amounted to an average of 1,269 euros per person for males, compared to 1,281 euros per person for Dutch females.

The Dutch health insurance system as it is now was introduced in 2006 and combines elements of both public as well as private insurance. It is mandatory to have at least a basic health insurance (in Dutch: basisverzekering) when you work in the Netherlands, because healthcare is funded through taxation of income.

Average hospital costs per person under the Dutch Health Insurance Act (Zvw) from 2009 to 2020, by gender (in euros)

Characteristic	Male	Female
2020*	1,269€	1,281€
2019	1,333€	1,393€
2018	1,292€	1,353€
2017	1,264€	1,329€
2016	1,241€	1,313€
2015	1,164€	1,237€
2014	1,198€	1,284€
2013	1,188€	1,271€
2012	1,120€	1,231€
2011	1,084€	1,183€
2010	1,072€	1,170€
2009	1,053€	1,130€

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2009 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Figure provided is provisional.

The average is calculated by dividing the total costs by the amount of people who can get the healthcare, whether or not they actually received it; No numbers are available from before 2009.

The Zvw, the law that covers the mandatory health insurance in the Netherlands, came into effect in 2006.

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