Italy: private healthcare expenditure 2008-2016, by type
This statistic depicts the annual private healthcare expenditure of Italian citizens in the years 2008 and 2016, broken down by type. According to the graph, the private expenditure on pharmaceutical products more than doubled over the period, passing from 647 million euros in 2008 to over 1.5 billion euros in 2016. Furthermore, the expenditure on health services also increased, from about 1.1 billion euro in 2008 to over 1.3 billion euro in 2016.