Table 1.
Swiss 'market' for mandatory health insurance (MHI), 2007
| Main actors/components | Number of actors | Number of beds | Owner-ship | MHI costs (billion CHF) | General remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHI companies | 87 | - | private | - | MHI companies authorized by the confederation and obliged to contract with service providers ('contract obligation') |
| General practitioners in private practices (GP) | 5,915 | - | private | 2.0 (10.6%) | Calculated full-time employees for general practitioners, pediatrics and gynecologists in private practices (MHI services) |
| Specialist doctors in private practices | 3,244 | - | private | 1.9 (10.2%) | Calculated full-time employees for specialized physicians in private practices (MHI services) |
| Hospitals inpatient | 321 | 41,910 | public & private | 4.8 (26.3%) | General hospitals and specialized clinics for psychiatry and rehabilitation (MHI services) |
| Hospitals outpatient | > 130 | - | public & private | 2.8 (14.9%) | General hospitals (130) normally supply outpatient care; but this is not known for all the specialized clinics (181) |
| Drugs | 1,700/~4,000 | - | private | 3.6 (19.5%) | Number of pharmacies: 1,700; number of self dispensing physicians: ~4,000 (MHI services) |
| Long-term care homes | 1,509 | 87,960 | public & private | 1.6 (8.7%) | Nursing homes (without homes for disabled, for addicts and persons with psychosocial problems, MHI services) |
| Total of MHI services delivered | - | - | - | 18.5 (100%) | Other providers account for the rest of CHF 1.8 billion (9.8%); MHI administration costs and cost participations are not included here |