Data published this week by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show a 2.5% rise in spending on healthcare in Switzerland in 2022. The increase is below the average rate of 3.2% over the five years before.
© Polly In | Dreamstime.comDuring 2022, Switzerland spent CHF 91.5 billion on healthcare, which is more than CHF 10,000 per person. Between 2021 and 2022, spending rose CHF 2.2 billion.
The largest cost components were hospital costs (32.6 billion), aged care (14.5 billion) and doctors’ surgeries (13.7 billion). Together these three made up two thirds of the costs. These were also areas of above average cost increases. Hospital (+2.6%), aged care (+3.0%) and doctors’ surgery (+3.2%) spending rose by more than the average (2.5%).
The funding of these costs showed no
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