Health spending recorded an exceptional jump in 2021

After a slowdown in 2020, healthcare spending reached 226.7 billion euros last year, up 7.9%, the largest increase in spending seen in 30 years, according to a report by the Drees released Thursday.

Since the 1980s, health expenditure had grown by an average of 3.5% per year.

But the year 2020 had been marked by a “

”, indicates the statistical service of the social ministries.

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In 2021, the “

” contributed to the growth of health expenditure, he specifies.

The "

hospital care" increased by 6.2%, explained by "

" and by "

" of wage increases in the "

”, according to the Drees.

And care has increased in all sectors, especially among dentists, with a jump of 22.5% after a significant decline in 2020.

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” reform

, which allows full reimbursement of certain treatments, has borne fruit on hearing aids, the consumption of which has increased by 60%, on dental prostheses (nearly 40% increase) or for medical optics (+15.8%).

Biological analysis laboratories excluding PCR tests also saw their consumption rebound (+9.5%), after experiencing a drop in 2020. Covid-19 screening tests represented an overall cost of 7 billion euros. euros, compared to 2.5 billion in 2020.

Of all these expenditures, the share covered by Social Security, already historically high, increased slightly to 79.8%.

Complementary health insurance, whose reimbursements had decreased in 2020, also contributed more, up to 12.9%.

However, the “

” paid by households also increased, to 7%, or 15.8 billion euros.

However, France remains the second OECD country, behind Luxembourg, where this rate is the lowest, notes the DREES.