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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2018 Jul 23;61:93–110. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.07.001

Table 2.

Average per person spending per service category (in Euros, 2012; N=16.5 million)

Mean Std Dev 75th Pctl 95th Pctl Share of total spending
Hospital care 1132 5612 608 4779 61%
Pharmaceuticals 267 1309 186 1163 14%
Primary care 139 148 160 315 8%
Durable medical equipment 91 581 2 368 5%
Geriatric physical therapy 46 1145 0 0 3%
Dental care (18-) 44 238 2 197 2%
Paramedical care 42 242 0 127 2%
Sick transport 35 331 0 8 2%
Obstetrics and maternity care 29 283 0 0 2%
Other a 23 503 0 27 1%

Total 1848 6595 1392 7342 100%
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Including very small categories of spending such as ‘ambulatory care for people with auditive or visual impairments’.