How is intensive care reimbursed? A review of eight European countries

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Overview: key data regarding the healthcare system and intensive care units in the countries covered in this review

Country	Population	Healthcare system	Number of hospitals with ICUs	ICU beds per 100,000 of population	Number of ICU beds	Pts. per year (hospitals)	Pts. per year (ICUs)	Pts. hospital/Pts. ICUs	Average cost of ICU bed per day in Euro	Difficulty to find information
Germany[7]	82 Mio	Insurance-based (statutory health insurance 90%, private medical insurance 10%)	1260	31.8	25,500	17 Mio	2 Mio.	12%	1092	Yes
Ireland[8]	4.6 Mio	Tax-based	28	5,4	250	580,000	30,000	5%	2205^b	Yes
UK[9]	62 Mio	Tax-based	290^a	7.5	4,700	17 Mio	200,000	1%	1500	No
Netherlands[10, 11]	16.7 Mio	Insurance-based	94	9.3	1,600	1.9 Mio	70,000	4%	1290	Yes
Austria[12]	8.4 Mio	Insurance-based	132	27	2,300	2.8 Mio	-	-	2000^c	No
Denmark[13, 14]	5.4 Mio	Tax-based	49^a	7.5	400	1.1 Mio	33,000	3%	3302^c	No
France[15]	65 Mio	Insurance-based (statutory health insurance)	238	11.2	7,300	17 Mio	200,000	1%	-	Yes
Spain[16, 17]	47 Mio	Tax-based	300^a	7.4	3,500	5.3 Mio	240,000	5%	900 to 2500	Yes