{"id":987783052,"date":"2024-12-29T18:46:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=987783052"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:52:14","slug":"germany-health-system-summary-2024","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/germany-health-system-summary-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany: health system summary 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the text-area where you can type your text. Add a paragraph to introduce the Document&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"prose text-pretty dark:prose-invert inline leading-relaxed break-words min-w-0 [word-break:break-word] prose-strong:font-medium\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Germany\u2019s health system is decentralized, with compulsory statutory health insurance (SHI) covering 89% of the population and substitutive private health insurance (PHI) covering about 11%, offering comparable or better benefits. In 2022, Germany spent 12.7% of GDP on health\u2014the highest in the EU\u2014with modest out-of-pocket payments mainly for long-term care and pharmaceuticals. Recent reforms focus on modernizing hospital care, including supplementing DRG payments with flat fees and shifting appropriate inpatient treatments to day treatments to address staffing and capacity issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s health system is decentralized, with compulsory statutory health insurance (SHI) covering 89% of the population and substitutive private health insurance (PHI) covering about 11%, offering comparable or better benefits. In 2022, Germany spent 12.7% of GDP on health\u2014the highest in the EU\u2014with modest out-of-pocket payments mainly for long-term care and pharmaceuticals. Recent reforms focus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3026,134,3046],"document_type":[2336],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987783052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987783052"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987783052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987783070,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987783052\/revisions\/987783070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987783052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987783052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987783052"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=987783052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}