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Table 2 Socialized health expenditure – absolute value (2005) and share of each financing source (average 1998–2005)

From: The inequity of the Swiss health care system financing from a federal state perspective

 

SHE per capita (CHF)

SHE as a share of average disposable income

Sources of financing

Federal taxes

Cantonal and municipal taxes

General social insurances

Mandatory health insurance (net premiums)

Zurich (ZH)

4198

6.66%

10%

29%

13%

48%

Bern (BE)

4297

8.52%

11%

30%

13%

46%

Lucerne (LU)

3461

7.19%

13%

25%

16%

46%

Uri (UR)

3379

6.85%

13%

26%

16%

45%

Schwyz (SZ)

3581

6.14%

13%

25%

15%

47%

Obwald (OW)

3155

7.40%

14%

27%

16%

43%

Nidwald (NW)

3385

6.21%

13%

27%

16%

44%

Glarus (GL)

3541

8.01%

12%

30%

14%

44%

Zug (ZG)

3885

5.15%

12%

30%

14%

44%

Fribourg (FR)

3876

8.42%

12%

28%

14%

46%

Solothurn (SO)

4002

7.78%

11%

26%

14%

49%

Basel City (BS)

5854

9.31%

8%

39%

9%

44%

Basel Land (BL)

4197

7.60%

11%

27%

13%

49%

Schaffausen (SH)

4070

9.06%

11%

31%

13%

45%

Appenzell O. Rhodes (AR)

3505

6.33%

13%

27%

16%

44%

Appenzell I. Rhodes (AI)

2988

6.81%

16%

20%

19%

45%

St. Gall (SG)

3465

6.76%

13%

24%

15%

48%

Grisons (GR)

3837

7.18%

12%

29%

14%

45%

Argovia (AG)

3575

6.60%

13%

20%

15%

52%

Thurgovia (TG)

3204

7.10%

14%

19%

16%

51%

Ticino (TI)

4852

9.66%

10%

29%

12%

49%

Vaud (VD)

4858

9.01%

9%

30%

11%

50%

Valais (VS)

3732

8.32%

12%

30%

14%

44%

Neuchâtel (NE)

5017

10.44%

9%

33%

11%

47%

Geneva (GE)

6578

10.10%

7%

43%

8%

42%

Jura (JU)

4381

10.43%

10%

30%

12%

48%

Switzerland (CH)

4243

7.85%

11%

29%

13%

47%