Number of benefit cases of rescue journeys and patients' transport of persons insured in the Statutory Health Insurance. Classification: years, Germany, ambulances/means of transport, type of statutory health insurance organization, group of people insured

Ambulances/means of transport	Year (descending)
	1994	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2021	2022
Ambulances/means of transport total	6,604,569 1)	7,991,960 1)	8,375,275 1)	10,533,037 1)	51,050,329	50,059,842	51,411,890	53,585,328
Air rescue services	50,679	50,390	58,061	73,894	86,535	82,790	83,419	88,394
Transport vehicles for patients	3,935,884	4,407,686	4,248,759	5,317,425	6,316,549	5,402,822	5,558,133	5,871,738
Emergency rescue ambulances	1,572,137	2,104,060	2,520,817	3,393,565	5,032,977	5,237,358	5,399,772	5,949,513
Emergency medical assistance vehicle	1,045,869	1,429,824	1,547,638	1,748,153	2,139,600	2,069,611	2,117,136	2,201,264
Taxis and hired cars	. 1)	. 1)	. 1)	. 1)	37,474,668	37,267,261	38,253,430	39,474,419

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Type of statutory health insurance organization	Statutory health insurance institutions total	Statutory health insurance institutions total Local statutory health insurance (AOK) Company health insurance (BKK) Trade guild health insurance (IKK) Agricultural health insurance (LKK - landwirtschaftliche Krankenkassen) Miners' railway sea health insurance ("Knappschaft-Bahn-See") Federal body of miners (BKn - Bundesknappschaft) Marine health insurance (SeeKK - See-Krankenkasse) Association of Substitute Health Insurance Companies (VdEK - Verband der Ersatzkassen) Substitute health insurance for manual wage earners (EKArb - Ersatzkasse für Arbeiter) Substitute health insurance for salaried employees (EKAng - Ersatzkassen für Angestellte)
Group of people insured	Persons insured in the Statutory Health Insurance total	Persons insured in the Statutory Health Insurance total GKV-members, excluding pensioners, and jointly insured family members Pensioners and pension applicants insured in the Statutory Health Insurance and jointly insured family members (Pensioners Health Insurance)

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• KG 2 statistics, Federal Ministry of Health (more information on 
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Comment(s)

• The company health insurance institutions also include those of the German Rail, the German Postal System, the Federal Ministry of Transport and the health insurance extensions in the new German Länder (former GDR); in the earlier territory of the Federal Republic of Germany there are no extensions to the company health insurances.
• The trade guild health insurances also have health insurance extensions in the new German Länder; in the earlier territory of the Federal Republic of Germany there are no extensions to the trade guild health insurances.
• Persons insured in the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) include members of the SHI and jointly insured family members.
• ¹⁾ Up to and including 2012 taxis and hired cars were not recorded.

Refresh period of data

• The table was extended by the year 2022 on 25 Sep 2023.
  Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

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The Federal Health Monitoring System 17. Apr 2024