Total health expenditure in 2021 at CHF 86.3 bn
Neuchâtel, 25.04.2023 - In 2021, health expenditure rose by 5.9% compared with the previous year. This increase was greater than the five-year trend of +3%. According to the latest results from the statistics on health care costs and financing compiled by the Federal Statistical Office, during twelve months strongly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest cost increase was due to services provided by the State (+74.6%).
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Address for enquiries
Jonas Tschantz, FSO, Health services section, tel.: +41 58 465 90 97, email: jonas.tschantz@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
