This is evident from the latest report published on Wednesday by the Basque Statistical Institute, Eustat. Health expenditure measures the current expenditure of all government services, compulsory and voluntary health insurance, and direct payments by households.
He health care expenditures In Euskadi this amounted to 8,554 million euros in 2023, which amounts to 9.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and 3,882 euros per inhabitant, 5.4% more than the previous year. These are some of the data published and reported this Wednesday by the Basque Statistical Institute-Eustat.
Healthcare spending measuresEustat has emphasized the final consumption of healthcare goods and services, which implies the current expenditure incurred by each financing agent. The financing of these costs includes all government services, compulsory health insurance, voluntary health insurance and direct payment by households.
Since 2020, total current expenditure has grown in absolute value at an average annual cumulative rate of 5%, and by 6% over the past year, going from 8,068 million in 2022 to 8,554 million in 2023.
Current healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP has fallen by 0.1 percentage points over the past year.
Of the 8,554 million euros in expenditure in 2023, 5,944 million corresponds to all government services and mandatory payment insurance, which is 5.5% more than in 2022.
The remaining 2,610 million euros corresponds to the set of voluntary payment of health insurance and direct payment by households, which grew by 7.1% compared to 2022.
Source: EITB
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