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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Using microdata as a basis for long term projections of hospital care spending: the added value of more detailed information

Year

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

N (× 1000)

16,862

16,896

17,192

17,343

17,476

17,610

17,687

17,834

Mean age (SD)

40.6 (23.21)

40.86 (23.27)

41.02 (23.26)

41.23 (23.31)

41.41 (23.35)

41.6 (23.40)

41.78 (23.46)

41.96 (23.49)

Female (%)

50.53

50.53

50.29

50.24

50.19

50.15

50.19

50.15

Patients (%)a

41.66

40.57

39.31

37.9

39.62

39.42

39.74

39.84

Per patient hospital care expenditure in Euros (IQR)b

2669 (2069)

2844 (2084)

2877 (2108)

2785 (2030)

2880 (2124)

2847 (2077)

2829 (2026)

2817 (2049)

  1. aPercentage of the population that visit a hospital for one or more of the Cost of Illness studies Disease Groups
  2. bAverage per patient hospital spendings in euros in 2019 pricing and width of IQR. According to Statistics Netherlands the Dutch population will grow to 19.6 million in 2050. The share of elderly (65 +) will increase from 19.2% in 2019 to 24.7% in 2050