Table 4 Hospital days and expenditures for alcohol treatment (general and specialty hospitals), for 6 EU countries, 2010
From: Public spending for illegal drug and alcohol treatment in hospitals: an EU cross-country comparison
Country | Public expenditure per hospital day (euros) | Hospital days for alcohol treatment per 1,000 capita | Proportion of hospital days attributable to alcohol treatment (%) | Alcohol treatment expenditure by hospitals (million euros) | Alcohol treatment expenditure by hospitals, per capita (euros) | Alcohol treatment expenditure by hospitals, as percentage of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | General hospitals | |||||
Denmark* | 2125 | 3 | 0.40% | 39 | 7.1 | 0.017% |
France | 1036 | 5 | 0.52% | 331 | 5.1 | 0.017% |
Mean (SD) | 1580 (770) | 4 (1) | 0.46% (0.08%) | 185 (206) | 6.1 (1.4) | 0.017% (0.0003%) |
General and Specialty hospitals (no mental health or substance abuse hospitals) | ||||||
Luxembourg†| 1079 | 76 | 5.94% | 41 | 81.9 | 0.105% |
Belgium* | 579 | 9 | 0.72% | 53 | 4.9 | 0.015% |
Spain†| 1131 | 3 | 0.38% | 143 | 3.1 | 0.014% |
Netherlands | 1620 | 1 | 0.19% | 34 | 2.1 | 0.006% |
Mean (SD) | 1102 (426) | 22 (36) | 1.81% (2.76%) | 68 (51) | 23 (39.3) | 0.035% (0.047%) |