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Table 4 Spending by disease, 2012 and 2017, percentage change 2012–2017 and share of aggregated health care services of spending by disease in 2017

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

Disease (GBD level 2/3)

Spending in m CHF

Change (%)

Spending shares (%)

Service share (%) of total disease spending in 2017

2012

2017

2012–2017

2012

2017

outpatient

outpatient drugs

inpatient acute care

inpatient long-term care

other

Communicable diseases

 HIV/AIDS

355

384

8.2

0.5

0.5

18.7

77.5

0.9

0.7

2.2

 Hepatitis

24

164

589.0

0.0

0.2

8.0

87.7

1.8

0.8

1.8

 Other communicable diseases

2626

3291

25.3

3.9

4.1

71.2

8.7

15.9

0.4

3.9

Maternal and neonatal disorders

665

847

27.4

1.0

1.1

32.4

0.1

65.3

0.5

1.6

Nutritional deficiencies

790

1311

66.0

1.2

1.6

33.5

12.4

25.4

25.9

2.7

Neoplasms

 Colon and rectum cancers

346

549

58.6

0.5

0.7

29.2

15.8

52.2

0.7

2.1

 Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers

397

734

84.6

0.6

0.9

17.6

49.9

29.3

1.2

2.0

 Breast cancer

586

742

26.5

0.9

0.9

38.8

28.9

28.1

2.0

2.2

 Prostate cancer

275

458

66.4

0.4

0.6

30.9

33.3

33.7

0.1

2.0

 Other neoplasms

2081

2676

28.6

3.1

3.4

18.9

16.2

62.6

0.6

1.8

Cardiovascular diseases

 Ischemic heart disease

1100

1322

20.2

1.7

1.7

37.5

10.2

49.4

0.2

2.8

 Stroke

872

1277

46.5

1.3

1.6

8.8

1.3

79.1

7.8

3.0

 Hypertensive heart disease

52

51

-1.3

0.1

0.1

27.6

45.7

23.5

0.2

3.0

 Atrial fibrillation and flutter

509

532

4.7

0.8

0.7

20.7

10.1

67.5

0.1

1.6

 Other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases

2708

2912

7.5

4.1

3.7

45.9

25.9

25.0

0.2

3.0

Chronic respiratory diseases

 COPD

300

398

32.7

0.5

0.5

21.6

19.1

51.1

5.0

3.1

 Asthma

418

408

-2.4

0.6

0.5

43.8

44.0

9.3

0.2

2.7

 Other chronic respiratory diseases

329

399

21.1

0.5

0.5

28.3

13.4

55.8

0.1

2.4

Digestive diseases

 Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases

99

92

-7.4

0.1

0.1

13.4

1.2

81.0

2.2

2.2

 Other digestive diseases

2611

3454

32.3

3.9

4.3

46.6

16.8

34.0

0.0

2.5

Neurological disorders

 Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

1543

2126

37.8

2.3

2.7

6.1

3.8

6.2

82.3

1.6

 Parkinson’s disease

1428

1243

-12.9

2.1

1.6

8.1

8.1

5.8

76.2

1.7

 Epilepsy

1163

1196

2.8

1.7

1.5

33.1

15.8

11.5

36.0

3.5

 Multiple sclerosis

200

317

58.7

0.3

0.4

13.7

62.7

11.1

9.2

3.3

 Other neurological disorders

1907

1870

-1.9

2.9

2.3

52.3

12.6

12.3

18.0

4.8

Mental disorders

 Schizophrenia

600

568

-5.2

0.9

0.7

5.5

6.0

60.7

23.6

4.2

 Depression

3145

3293

4.7

4.7

4.1

18.7

8.7

21.4

48.1

3.1

 ADHD

200

219

9.3

0.3

0.3

52.0

33.6

7.9

1.3

5.2

 Alcohol and drug use disorders

977

1067

9.1

1.5

1.3

3.6

1.5

42.4

36.1

16.5

 Other mental disorders

5812

6224

7.1

8.7

7.8

27.2

6.7

13.9

48.8

3.4

Diabetes and kidney diseases

 Diabetes mellitus

682

1014

48.6

1.0

1.3

44.0

37.9

12.6

2.0

3.4

 Chronic kidney disease

437

646

47.6

0.7

0.8

75.0

8.1

10.7

0.0

6.2

Skin and subcutaneous diseases

1279

1717

34.2

1.9

2.2

60.2

15.2

21.2

0.4

3.0

Sense organ diseases

2508

3607

43.8

3.8

4.5

72.6

14.1

5.0

4.7

3.7

Musculoskeletal disorders

 Rheumatoid arthritis

437

569

30.2

0.7

0.7

21.2

70.5

0.7

4.7

2.9

 Osteoarthritis

1233

1459

18.4

1.9

1.8

20.2

5.7

70.1

0.9

3.1

 Low back pain

282

420

48.9

0.4

0.5

61.7

4.9

26.2

2.6

4.6

 Osteoporosis

2317

2963

27.8

3.5

3.7

18.4

10.7

2.5

66.3

2.2

 Other musculoskeletal disorders

4227

5596

32.4

6.4

7.0

59.0

9.2

23.3

3.1

5.5

Oral disorders

4414

4772

8.1

6.6

6.0

92.8

0.5

0.5

0.0

6.2

Other NCDs

 Congenital birth defects

1851

1943

5.0

2.8

2.4

40.6

4.2

25.8

12.3

17.2

 Other non-communicable diseases

2867

3359

17.2

4.3

4.2

27.9

16.1

53.7

0.1

2.2

Injuries

 Road injuries - occupational

40

57

42.1

0.1

0.1

35.6

1.4

53.2

0.1

9.7

 Road injuries – non-occupational

370

443

19.7

0.6

0.6

44.6

1.7

44.0

1.1

8.6

 Other injuries – non-occupational

544

612

12.4

0.8

0.8

54.3

3.0

33.9

0.5

8.2

 Other injuries –occupational

834

1016

21.8

1.3

1.3

52.9

2.4

36.4

0.6

7.8

 Residual injuries

4095

4553

11.2

6.2

5.7

16.7

0.4

46.2

32.9

3.9

Well care

2278

2837

24.5

3.4

3.6

71.7

0.2

25.1

0.0

3.0

Prevention

1700

1937

14.0

2.6

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0