Slide set of Health Expenditure and Financing 2018 statistics

1. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Health expenditure and financing in 2018
Petri Matveinen

2. Health expenditure in 2000–2018, at 2018 prices,
EUR million
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 2

3. Structure of health expenditure in 2018, %
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 3

4. Long-term care for older people and disabled
and home care in 2000–2018, at 2018 prices, EUR
million
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 4

5. Expenditure on medicines and other medical
consumables in 2000–2018, at 2018 prices, EUR
million
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 5

6. Health expenditure financing in 2000 - 2018, %
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 6

7. Health care expenditure as a proportion of GDP in
the Nordic and OECD countries in 2000–2018, %
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 7

8. Health expenditure financing in the Nordic and
OECD countries in 2000–2018, %
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 8

9. Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018
 Finland’s health expenditure amounted to EUR 21.1 billion in 2018. Compared to the previous year, the health care
expenditure increased by 1.1 per cent in real terms. The per capita expenditure was EUR 3,829.
 The health expenditure corresponded to 9.0 per cent of GDP in 2018, which was 0.2 percentage points less than the year
before.
 Expenditure on specialised medical care (EUR 7.7 billion) and primary health care (EUR 3.3 billion) accounted for around
one half of the health expenditure in 2018.
 Expenditure on prescription medicines in outpatient care (EUR 2.2 billion) increased by 8.6 per cent in real terms compared
to the previous year
 In services for older people, expenditure on institutional care (444,3 million euros) continued to decrease, whereas
expenditure on residential services with 24-hour care increased further.
 In 2018, public funding accounted for 75.8 per cent and private funding for 24.2 per cent of the health expenditure. The
share of public funding increased by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year.
Source: THL, Health Expenditure and Financing in 2018 9