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Table 3 Spending by major disease groups (GBD level 2), percentage change 2012–2017 and spending shares by year

From: What drives health care spending in Switzerland? Findings from a decomposition by disease, health service, sex, and age

Disease group (GBD level 2)

Spending in m CHF

Change 2012–2017

Spending shares (%)

2012

2017

m CHF

%

2012

2017

Mental disorders

10,734

11,371

636

5.9

16.1

14.3

Musculoskeletal disorders

8497

11,007

2511

29.5

12.8

13.8

Neurological disorders

6240

6753

512

8.2

9.4

8.5

Injuries

5883

6681

798

13.6

8.8

8.4

Cardiovascular diseases

5240

6094

855

16.3

7.9

7.7

Other NCDs

4718

5303

585

12.4

7.1

6.7

Neoplasms

3685

5157

1472

39.9

5.5

6.5

Oral disorders

4414

4772

358

8.1

6.6

6.0

Communicable diseases

3005

3838

834

27.7

4.5

4.8

Sense organ diseases

2508

3607

1099

43.8

3.8

4.5

Digestive diseases

2710

3546

836

30.8

4.1

4.4

Well care

2278

2837

559

24.5

3.4

3.6

Prevention

1700

1937

237

14.0

2.6

2.4

Skin and subcutaneous diseases

1279

1717

438

34.2

1.9

2.2

Diabetes and kidney diseases

1120

1659

540

48.2

1.7

2.1

Nutritional deficiencies

790

1311

522

66.0

1.2

1.6

Chronic respiratory diseases

1047

1205

158

15.1

1.6

1.5

Maternal and neonatal disorders

665

847

182

27.4

1.0

1.1

Total health care spending

66,513

79,642

13,129

19.7

100.0

100.0