Expenditure on inpatient long-term care (health) in million NCU (OECD)
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | health_LTC_financing_ExpHC_LTCinpatient_MilNCU_OECD |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Expenditure on inpatient long-term care (health) in million NCU (OECD) |
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This indicator measures the expenditure on the health care function inpatient long-term care (health) (HC.3.1) in million national currency units following the System of Health Accounts (SHA; OECD et al. 2011). Expenditure refers to the payments related to final consumption of all health care goods and services by the resident units. Inpatient long-term care (health) comprises long-term care (health) services provided in a health care facility (hospital, nursing home) and requiring an overnight stay with medical supervision. The package of services covers nursing and/or personal care, usually provided together, along with a range of other components such as accommodation and support services.
Coding rules
For further discussions of the boundaries and measurement of the health care function inpatient long-term care see OECD et al. 2011, p. 94.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 12.2018. "Health expenditure and financing." https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SHA.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Health Organization (WHO), and Eurostat. 2011. A System of Health Accounts. Paris: OECD Publishing.
- World Health Organization (WHO). 2014. "Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED)." https://apps.who.int/nha/database/Home/Index/en/.
Misc
Project manager(s): A04 project, main responsible person Johanna Fischer
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Sources
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 12.2018. "Health expenditure and financing." https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SHA.
