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 illegal drugs per 1,000 capita | Proportion of hospital days attributable to illegal drug treatment (%) | Illegal drug treatment expenditure by hospitals (million euros) | Illegal drug treatment expenditure by hospitals, per capita (euros) | Illegal drug treatment expenditure by hospitals, as percentage of GDP |
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 | General hospitals |  | ||||
France | 1036 | 0.4 | 0.04% | 29 | 0.4 | 0.001% |
Denmark* | 2125 | 0.2 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.4 | 0.001% |
Mean (SD) | 1580 (770) | 0.3 (0.2) | 0.03% (0.02%) | 15 (19) | 0.4 (0.06) | 0.001% (0.0004%) |
 | General and Specialty hospitals (no mental health or substance abuse hospitals) |  | ||||
Luxembourg†| 1079 | 32 | 2.50% | 17 | 34 | 0.044% |
Spain†| 1131 | 2 | 0.27% | 97 | 2.1 | 0.009% |
Belgium* | 579 | 2 | 0.16% | 12 | 1.1 | 0.003% |
Netherlands | 1620 | 0.5d | 0.07% | 12 | 0.7 | 0.002% |
Mean (SD) | 1102 (426) | 9 (15) | 0.75% (1.17%) | 35 (42) | 9.6 (16.6) | 0.015% (0.02%) |