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Trends in European health care - Roland Berger

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Study<br />

However, although governments are crack<strong>in</strong>g down on expenditure and<br />

growth <strong>in</strong> this sector tends to be slow<strong>in</strong>g, expenditure is still impressive.<br />

Therefore it can prove <strong>in</strong>sightful to analyze which segments these large<br />

amounts are be<strong>in</strong>g spent on.<br />

As a rule of thumb, a third comprises of hospital services and another<br />

quarter of ambulatory <strong>care</strong>. Medical goods and pharmaceuticals amount<br />

to 20%, whereas 10% is directed towards nurs<strong>in</strong>g and residential <strong>care</strong>;<br />

public <strong>health</strong> organizations and adm<strong>in</strong>istration receive 7%.

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