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International Hospital Federation
era HOSPITAL SECTOR: Luxembourg
Population*: 470 000
Annual growth rate: 1.1 %
Life expectancy at birth*: 76 years for men; 83 years for women
GNI per capita*: 9 560 PPP int. $
Expenses for national healthcare*: 8.0 % of GDP
Healthcare expenses per capita*: 5 090 PPA $
*Source: WHO www.who.int
TYPES OF HOSPITALS:
➩ Public/Private:
- 50 % public hospitals
- 50 % private hospitals
➩ Distribution of beds:
- 40 % public
- 60 % private
➩ Categories:
- Local hospitals
- General hospitals
- Specialized hospitals;
PROVISION OF ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE:
Number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants: 5.1
Number of beds for acute hospital care: 2300
Number of admissions in acute care hospitals: NC
Number of hospitals: 10 acute care hospitals
Bed capacity utilization: 75.4
Average length of stay (ALOS): 7.4GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE:
PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED AND LONG TERM CARE:
➩ Annual number of out patients visits:
➩ Number of beds (per 1000 inhabitants):
➩ Number of admissions (per year):
➩ Average occupancy rate:
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT:
The not-for profit hospitals are owned and managed either by local authorities or by notfor-profit
organizations, very often religious orders.
➩ Surveillance Authority:
The Ministry of Health supervises the entire hospital system. It relies it on three hospital
“regions” (North, South and center)

International Hospital Federation
it er HOSPITAL SECTOR: Luxembourg
FUNDING**:
Financer or financers:
Hospital budgets are negotiated annually between each hospital and the Union of
Health Insurance UCM (Union des Caisses de Maladie)
Mode or modes of payment:
The hospital budgets are shared : a part is enforceable for funding through Union of
Health Insurances UCM. The enforceable share is funded out of a global budget
determined annually of fix costs, variable costs and bonuses.
Investment:
The government pays 80% of the footloose and real estate investments of project for
the new construction or modernization of hospitals as well as of costly devices and
equipment indicated in the hospital plan. The remaining 20 % are usually funded by the
UCM by means of depreciations.
Hospital expenses per capita: 1690 $
Percentage of all healthcare expenses: 33.1 %
Share of public sector in total hospital expenditure (%):
STAFF**:
➩ Hospital doctors: 660
➩ Staff for healthcare and social service: 22 000 employees in the healthcare and social
services sector, i.e. 8 % of the national employment.
➩ Status and mode of payment for hospital doctors: Hospital doctors are self
employed. They receive medical fees for the healthcare services provided.
** Source: Hope & Dexia, Hospitals in the 27 countries of the European Union, new edition 2008, Collection Europe