Infographic. General practice care in the Netherlands, 2025 the number of home visits keeps declining.

Healthcare utilisation

• More than three quarters of listed persons (78%) had at least one contact with their GP in 2025.
• The number of consultations with the mental health nurse has increased with 4%  from 178 (2024) to 185 (2025) per 1,000 listed persons.
• Number of short home visits per 1,000 listed persons over 2021 - 2025: - 31%
• Number of long home visits per 1,000 listed persons over 2021 - 2025: - 16%

Health problems

• The most common reasons for consulting the GP were: urinary tract infection (2.6%) and high blood pressure (2.4% of all consultations).
• The largest increase of new (incident) cases of health problems, per 1,000 listed persons in 2025 compared to 2024: Flu +58%; Overweight:+39%; Obesity: +37%, Shingles: +31%

Medication
Acid-reducing medications (ATC-code A02B) were most often prescribed in general practice in 2025. 

Referrals
Number of referrals to secondary care per 1,000 listed persons:
2021: 306; 2022: 317; 2023: 316; 2024: 323, 2025: 323

Methods
The results of 2025 are based on data from 394 general practices that participated in Nivel Primary Care Database in 2025, with a total of 1,761,608 listed persons. The number of individuals and practices included in the analyses may vary, as recordings must meet data quality criteria. Read more about the used methodology here.