Total health expenditure as share of GDP in the Netherlands 1998-2022

In 2022, the total health expenditure as share of GDP in the Netherlands reached 13.2 percent, a significant decrease from the previous year. In 2020, the total health expenditure in the Netherlands increased from around 13 percent of total GDP to 14.6 percent. This is probably due to the effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the Dutch health insurance system. 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.An important characteristic of Dutch health insurance, though, is the so-called "principle of social solidarity": the overall costs of health care are paid by everybody. It is since 2008, for example, compulsory from the age of 18 to pay a total mandatory excess before the basic health insurance reimburses medical costs. In this way, everybody contributes to certain types of healthcare such as maternity care. In 2021, the total mandatory excess reached a value of 385 euros.

于2022年，荷兰国民健康总支出占国内生产总值（GDP）的比例达到了13.2%，相较于前一年显著下降。在2020年，荷兰国民健康总支出从约占国内生产总值的13%上升至14.6%，此现象或许可归因于新冠病毒（COVID-19）大流行对荷兰健康保险体系的影响。在荷兰，每一位居民或雇员均有义务购买基本健康保险，以涵盖诸如普通医师或医院的就诊等医疗费用。荷兰政府负责决定该保险套餐的保障范围，而健康保险公司则有义务接纳所有符合要求者，不论其年龄或健康状况。然而，荷兰健康保险的一个重要特征是所谓的“社会团结原则”：整体医疗费用由全民承担。例如，自2008年起，18岁及以上的人群需支付一笔全额强制性自付额，方可获得基本健康保险对医疗费用的补偿。通过这种方式，全民共同分担某些类型的医疗服务，如孕产妇保健。至2021年，全额强制性自付额的金额已达到385欧元。