The Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven saved 33.2 million last year. This is evident from the 2025 annual report of the Eindhoven hospital. This makes this hospital one of the financially best-performing regular hospitals in the Netherlands.
“A good financial year does not mean that ‘many people have been ill’,” emphasizes a spokesperson for the Catharina Hospital. “It mainly means that we were able to provide the care that was needed properly and on time.”
Smarter and better planning
By 2025, the Eindhoven hospital will have been able to treat more patients. “That is a great outcome of projects with which we organize our care smarter, such as digitalization and better planning,” the hospital spokesperson explains. “That is also desperately needed, because the demand for care in our region continues to grow. A healthy financial basis helps us to continue investing in it.”
Some figures: 30,771 people with cardiovascular diseases were treated at the Catharina Hospital in 2025. That is 1869 more than a year earlier. There were 21,716 oncological patients, 1385 more than the year before. The number of admissions and day treatments also increased: from 47,758 to 48,639, as did the number of visits to the outpatient clinic: from 412,769 to 414,750.
Report score 8.4
The Catharina Hospital is generally doing very well. In an assessment by health insurers and patients, the hospital finished second among Dutch hospitals. The final assessment was an 8.4. To come first they would have had to get an 8.5.
The Catharina Hospital previously passed an independent financial stress test for hospitals, by accounting firm BDO, with flying colors. The hospital finished in the top ten in the Netherlands. By the way, almost all Brabant hospitals that were assessed for their financial fitness ended up in the top ten.
Filled money box
It was remarkable that the last place was also occupied by a Brabant hospital, the Bernhoven Hospital in Uden. This can be explained by the fact that they are the only ones in the Netherlands to ‘provide appropriate care’. This means that patients do not receive more care than necessary. This automatically means that this hospital can also declare less and have less turnover.
The 33.2 million from the Catharina Hospital last year will be added to the equity. “We also need this financially stable basis to continue investing in the future,” says the spokesperson. “We will face a tough architectural challenge in the coming years. Both in terms of new construction and maintenance, we will have to work on a Catharina Hospital that can continue to meet the current healthcare demand in the coming decade.”