Between 2013 and 2020, the revenue of pharmaceutical care increased annually. In 2020, the total revenue of pharmaceutical care within the basic health insurance amounted to approximately 4.63 billion euros. This was an increase of over 100 million euros compared to the previous year. Within the 2008 to 2020 period, the revenue of pharmaceutical care in the Netherlands peaked in 2011, at approximately five billion euros.
Pharmaceutical revenue within the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2020*
(in million euros)
* In the Netherlands, every resident or employee is obliged to take a basic health insurance to cover medical costs from, for example, visits to a general practitioner or the hospital. The Dutch government decides on the cover provided by this package and health insurance companies are obliged to accept everyone who meets the requirements, regardless of age or state of health. The numbers provided here concern pharmaceutical care as provided by public pharmacists.
** Provisional.
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Stichting Farmaceutische Kengetallen. (August 1, 2021). Pharmaceutical revenue within the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2020* (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 22, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/707220/pharmaceutical-expenditure-within-basic-health-insurance-in-the-netherlands/
Stichting Farmaceutische Kengetallen. "Pharmaceutical revenue within the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2020* (in million euros)." Chart. August 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 22, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/707220/pharmaceutical-expenditure-within-basic-health-insurance-in-the-netherlands/
Stichting Farmaceutische Kengetallen. (2021). Pharmaceutical revenue within the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2020* (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 22, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/707220/pharmaceutical-expenditure-within-basic-health-insurance-in-the-netherlands/
Stichting Farmaceutische Kengetallen. "Pharmaceutical Revenue within The Basic Health Insurance Package in The Netherlands from 2008 to 2020* (in Million Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/707220/pharmaceutical-expenditure-within-basic-health-insurance-in-the-netherlands/
Stichting Farmaceutische Kengetallen, Pharmaceutical revenue within the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2020* (in million euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/707220/pharmaceutical-expenditure-within-basic-health-insurance-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited May 22, 2022)
