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. 2024 Apr 8;13(1):136–151. doi: 10.1016/j.kisu.2024.01.008

Table 5.

Funding structures for kidney care in the ISN Western Europe region

Country Acute kidney injury
CKD no dialysis
Dialysis
Transplantation
Publicly funded by government; free at the point of delivery Solely private through health insurance providers Multiple systems Publicly funded by government; free at the point of delivery Publicly funded by government but with some fees at the point of delivery Mix of public and private funding systems Solely private through health insurance providers Multiple systems Publicly funded by government; free at the point of delivery Publicly funded by government but with some fees at the point of delivery Mix of public and private funding systems Solely private through health insurance providers Multiple systems Publicly funded by government; free at the point of delivery Publicly funded by government but with some fees at the point of delivery Mix of public and private funding systems Solely private through health insurance providers Multiple systems
Andorra X X X
Austria X X X X X
Belgium X X X X
Denmark X X X X X
Finland X X X X
France X X X X
Germany X X X X
Greece X X X X X
Iceland X X X X X
Ireland X X X X
Israel X X X X X
Italy X X X X X
Liechtenstein X X X X
Luxembourg X X X X X
Malta X X X X X
The Netherlands X X X X
Norway X X X X
Portugal X X X X
Spain X X X X
Sweden X X X X
Switzerland X X X X
United Kingdom X X X X

CKD, chronic kidney disease; ISN, International Society of Nephrology.