Historical Healthcare Expenditure Growth, 1996-2023, Adjusted for Transfers

European Union data from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations tracks the historical growth of health expenditure from 1996 to 2023. The dataset provides both nominal and real growth figures, with expenditures corrected for major budget transfers and technical adjustments. It is published under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling nominal healthcare expenditure growth based on reported wage and price developments.
• Analyzing real healthcare expenditure trends based on GDP price-adjusted growth figures.
• Assessing the fiscal impact of major policy reforms based on the described corrections for budget transfers.
• Forecasting future healthcare costs based on historical growth patterns over the 27-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a 27-year time series from 1996 to 2023, providing long-term trend analysis.
• Provides two distinct growth measures: nominal and real (GDP-adjusted).
• Expenditure figures are corrected for specific policy transfers and technical adjustments as described.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data granularity (e.g., country-level) are 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 healthcare accounts and budget reports.

Time Range

1996 to 2023

Freshness

Data covers up to 2023, but last update date for the dataset file is unknown.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands, inferred from the publishing ministry.