Medico-social care 2014 – Living in a nursing home costs CHF 8700 per month
Neuchâtel, 19.11.2015 - (FSO) - Nursing home costs amounted to CHF 9.5 billion in 2014, costing an average of CHF 8700 francs per resident, per month. Almost two-thirds of these costs were invoiced to residents, whereas the cantons and insurance companies financed 16% and 19% of costs respectively. The costs of home care services were almost 5 times lower than those of nursing homes (CHF 2 billion). These are some of the findings from the 2014 Statistics on Home Care Services and the Statistics on Medico-Social Institutions from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)
Address for enquiries
Flavia Lazzeri, FSO, Health section, +41 58 463 61 28, flavia.lazzeri@bfs.admin.ch
Anthony Francis, FSO, Health section, +41 58 463 61 94, anthony.francis@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
