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Private health expenditure per capita in Italy from 2009 to 2019 (in euros)

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2009 to 2019

Supplementary notes

* Projection.
Data prior to 2019 from earlier publications by the source.

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In 2019, the private health expenditure amounted to *** euros per capita in Italy. This was a considerable increase compared to 2009, when people spent on average *** euros per capita for health goods and services. Also, the total private health expenditure grew from **** billion euros in 2012 to ** billion euros in 2019.

Healthcare expenditure

In Italy, the national healthcare system (in Italian, Servizio Sanitario Nazionale - SSN) is mainly funded through national and regional taxes and is supplemented by out-of-pocket private expenditure and insurance schemes. In 2020, health expenditure in Italy accounted for *** percent of the country’s GDP, a figure which remained rather stable in recent years but increased suddenly in 2020. Government funding accounted for approximately ** percent of total healthcare expenditure.

 Private health expenditure

As mentioned above, private healthcare expenditure increased considerably in recent years. Who pays the most out-of-pocket for healthcare services? According to recent data, those who need to resort to out-of-pocket payments appear to be the elderly and individuals needing long-term care. In 2019, the direct expenditure on healthcare of individuals in these two categories was far higher than for younger individuals and for those with a good health condition.