Press release No. 399 of 10 November 2017
WIESBADEN – The costs of in-patient treatment in hospitals amounted to roughly 87.8 billion euros in 2016. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 4.3% year on year (84.2 billion euros in 2015).
When related to roughly 19.5 million people who were treated as in-patients in hospital in 2016, the costs of in-patient treatment per case averaged 4,497 euros, which was 2.7% more than a year earlier (4,378 euros).