One in four in Spain, around 12 million people, has private health insurance of some sort

Non-public healthcare in Spain continues its upward progress. One in 4 of the inhabitants, over 12 million individuals, already had such a coverage in 2023, 400,000 greater than the earlier yr. These are the figures supplied by the newest examine on the non-public healthcare market by IDIS Basis, an organization with robust hyperlinks to the sector.

Ready lists, Covid-19 and a larger have to see a physician on demand clarify the rise. “After the pandemic, extra individuals are in search of healthcare, partly resulting from elevated consciousness about our well being, but additionally due to the ageing of the inhabitants and our busy lives,” mentioned IDIS president Juan Abarca Simón. On this case, utilizing information from 2021 (the newest accessible), customers in Spain spent 36.8 billion euros on non-public healthcare, 14% greater than the earlier yr. This consists of companies reminiscent of insurance coverage, remedy and dental care.

These figures signify 3.1% of GDP and 28.4% of complete well being spending, making Spain the third highest-spending nation amongst comparable nations for personal healthcare, behind solely Switzerland (3.6% of GDP) and Portugal (4.1% of GDP).

By autonomous area, Madrid is the area with essentially the most non-public insurance coverage (38.7% of the inhabitants has cowl), forward of Catalonia (32.4%) and the Balearic Islands (30.9%). All the opposite areas are beneath the nationwide common (25%).

The examine report talked about that the non-public sector has 438 hospitals (57% of the overall variety of hospitals in Spain), amounting to 50,574 beds (32% of the overall variety of current beds).

The examine additionally highlighted the main position performed by non-public healthcare within the remedy of psychological well being issues. Of the hospitals specialising in psychological well being and drug remedy care, 70% aren’t public, the identical for beds (62%) and outpatient psychological well being centres (49%).