Well being expenditure elevated by 7.7 p.c in Berlin

The Regional Database Germany has revealed information on the native healthcare financial system for the primary time: Within the first pandemic 12 months 2020, healthcare spending in Berlin was round 20 billion euros. This meant that prices had risen by 7.7 p.c in contrast with the earlier 12 months; these amounted to round 18.6 billion euros in 2019. In Brandenburg, spending in 2020 was round 14.3 billion euros. These had elevated by 6.6 p.c; in 2019, these have been round 13.4 billion euros.

Statutory medical insurance accounted for the most important share of spending in every case, at round 55 p.c in Berlin and round 58 p.c in Brandenburg. The variety of well being care employees had elevated successively in each states since 2008: in 2020, about 258,000 folks labored within the well being care sector in Berlin and about 154,000 in Brandenburg. Nationwide statistics present that the variety of workers had risen additional throughout Germany in 2021, to a complete of six million folks. The information from the Regional Database Germany relate solely to the interval from 2008 to 2020.

In social long-term care insurance coverage, expenditure in Berlin amounted to round two billion euros in 2019. In 2020, these have been round 200 million euros greater. In Brandenburg, spending was round 1.6 billion euros in 2019 and had risen to 1.8 billion euros in 2020.

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