Average number of eligibility criteria
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not Applicable |
| Technical name | health_ltc_gen_incl_avg_criteria_country |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Average number of eligibility criteria |
| Related indicators | NA (no information available) |
The indicator shows the average number of eligibility criteria used accross all long-term care benefits for people in need of LTC and caregivers in a country. The maximum number of eligibility criteria which can be present in a country is 11 according to the framework on long-term care generosity (Viero & Fischer, 2025). The framework specifies 7 criteria for persons in need of care: Income; assets living arrangement; family composition; care availability; age; care needs. For care givers there are 3 criteria: Income; assets, scope of care provision. Additionally, there is the relationship between care givers and care recipients.
Coding rules
The indicator is calculated by (1) adding up the occurance of all eligibility criteria present accross all benefits in the country; (2) dividing this by th total number of benefits in the country. The minimum value of 1 indicates that, on average, only one eligibility criterium is employed accross all benefits in a country. The maximum value of 11 indicates that all eligibility criteria are employed accross all benefits in a country.
Missing values coded in the following way: The code -888 is employed for countries which do not have a long-term care system (see Fischer, Sternkopf & Rothgang, 2023; de Carvalho & Fischer, 2020); these countries were excluded from data collection. The code -999 is employed for cases where information is missing.
Multiple data sources were employed and triangulated for constructing the indicator: national laws and regulations, academic publications and grey literature and websites such as report series from international organisations.
Definitions, data collection procedures and sources are outlined in detail in Viero & Fischer (forthcoming).
Bibliographic info
Citation:- Viero, Davide; Fischer, Johanna (forthcoming), Comparative Assessment of Long-term Care System Generosity: Mapping Benefits and Inclusiveness Internationally. SFB 1342.
- Fischer, J., Sternkopf, M., & Rothgang, H. (2023). Covering a new social risk: The introduction of long-term care systems worldwide. In I. Mossig & H. Obinger (Eds.), SOCIUM SFB Working Papers: Vol. 25. Mapping Global Dynamics of Social Policy (pp. 32–35). Bremen: Collaborative Research Centre 1342. https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/2559
- De Carvalho, G., & Fischer, J. (2020). Health and long-term care system introduction and reform – concepts and operationalisations for global and historical comparative research. SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series, 3. https://doi.org/10.26092/ELIB/539
Misc
Project manager(s): Davide Viero and Johanna Fischer (on behalf of the A07 project)
- Version 0.001: Initial release.
- Version 0.002: Data for UK added.
Revisions: No revisions yet
Sources
- Viero, Davide; Fischer, Johanna (forthcoming), Comparative Assessment of Long-term Care System Generosity: Mapping Benefits and Inclusiveness Internationally. SFB 1342.
