Expenditure Report: increasing cost transparency in the healthcare sector

Healthcare expenditure is consistently rising every year and is an oft-discussed topic. Helsana’s “Expenditure trends in healthcare” report presents selected facts and figures about total expenditure and explores cost-driving benefit areas. The key findings:

• As an economy, Switzerland is well equipped to cope with rising healthcare costs.
• Expenditure is an especially hot topic owing to the varying distribution of costs.
• Demographics – population growth and the rising proportion of older people – play an important role in rising costs.
• Other key reasons include more frequent and more intensive treatment of patients and an expanded benefits catalogue.