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Costs of health care system by service provider
| Service Provider | 2009 | 20101 | Growth |
| Hospitals | 21'708.0 | 22'477.0 | 3.5% |
| Nursing and residential care facilities | 10'488.0 | 10'768.8 | 2.7% |
| Out-patient providers | 18'595.0 | 19'229.4 | 3.4% |
| Retail trade | 5'486.7 | 5'456.2 | -0.6% |
| State | 1'439.6 | 1'209.5 | -16.0% |
| Insurers | 2'608.6 | 2'712.8 | 4.0% |
| Non-profit organisations | 658.1 | 665.8 | 1.2% |
| Total | 60'983.9 | 62'519.5 | 2.5% |
In 2010, more than half (53.2%) of the costs for health care system goods and services were accounted for by the hospitals (36.0%), nursing homes (13.0%) and institutions for disabled persons (4.2%). Out-patient service providers (doctors and dentists, physiotherapists, psychotherapists, home nursing care, other paramedical services, laboratories, others) accounted for 30.8% of the costs. With 17.4%, doctors represented the largest group of service providers within this sector. Retail sale of pharmaceuticals and therapeutic instruments accounted for a share of 8.7% of health care system costs. The administrative costs and expenditure on prevention and accident prevention borne by the insurers (4.3%) and by the State (1.9%), which should be regarded as services of the health care system, together make up a not insignificant share (6.3%). For the sake of completeness, the 1.1% share of private non-profit organisations (PNPO) is also mentioned, this includes in particular, the health leagues.
Costs of health care system by service type
| Services | 2009 | 20101 | Growth |
| In-patient treatment | 27'764.4 | 28'393.3 | 2.3% |
| Out-patient treatment | 19'185.5 | 20'313.3 | 5.9% |
| Other services | 2'046.1 | 2'060.9 | 0.7% |
| Sale of health-related goods | 7'423.4 | 7'304.3 | -1.6% |
| Prevention | 1'521.8 | 1'478.6 | -2.8% |
| Administration | 3'042.7 | 2'969.2 | -2.4% |
| Total | 60'983.9 | 62'519.5 | 2.5% |
To some extent, the classification of service type may resemble that of the service providers, but it is based on another, functional point of view. Service types, or rather the economic activities connected to the health care system, are classified according to their function and not according to the institution that provides the goods or service.