Expenditure on long-term nursing care facilities in million NCU (OECD)
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | health_LTC_financing_ExpHP_LTCnursing_MilNCU_OECD |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Expenditure on long-term nursing care facilities in million NCU (OECD) |
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This indicator measures the financing scheme "current expenditure (health)" (SHA 1.0) on the health care provider "long-term nursing care facilities" (SHA HP.2.1) in million national currency units following the System of Health Accounts (SHA; OECD et al. 2011). Current expenditure on health care quantifies the final consumption expenditure of resident units on health care goods and services. Long-term nursing care facilities is a subcategory of "Residential long-term care facilities" (SHA HP.2) and comprises establishments that are primarily engaged in providing inpatient nursing and rehabilitative services for long-term care patients. The care is generally provided for an extended period of time to individuals requiring nursing care.
Coding rules
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of the current expenditure on health care see OECD et al. 2011, p. 38.
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of the health care provider residential long-term care facilities see OECD et al. 2011, p. 134.
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
- Version 0.001: Initial release
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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.
