Private expenditure accounted for 32.1 percent of total health expenditure in 2013
(SFOS, 2015a), which is high by comparison with other OECD countries (OECD, 2011). There is complementary
voluntary health insurance (VHI, 7.3% of total expenditure) for services not covered in the basic basket of SHI,
and supplementary coverage for free choice of hospital doctor or for a higher level of hospital accommodation.
No data are available on the number of people covered.