Historical Health Expenditure Growth Data for 1996-2021

Historical growth development of health expenditure from 1996 to 2021. The dataset includes both nominal growth, which includes wage and price developments, and real growth, which is adjusted for GDP price developments. It is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze nominal healthcare expenditure trends based on the nominal growth development series.
• Compare real versus nominal expenditure growth based on the two identified growth measures.
• Model the relationship between healthcare spending and GDP price developments based on the real growth adjustment.

Strengths

• Covers a 26-year time series from 1996 to 2021.
• Distinguishes between nominal and real growth developments for analysis.
• Published by a government ministry, suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national accounts or government expenditure records.

Time Range

1996 to 2021

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands, based on the publishing organization.