Health HC regulation hcstypeCode
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Multinomial |
| Value labels | The first digit represents the regulation dimension with values
The second digit represents the financing dimension with values
The third digit represents the service provision dimension with values
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| Technical name | health_HC_regulation_hcstypeCode |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Numerical code for healthcare system type at introduction |
| Related indicators | health_HC_regulation_systemtype |
This variable describes the features of the healthcare system at the point of introduction. The variable is a numerical expression of the variable “healthcare systems at introduction” (health_HC_regulation_systemtype).
Coding rules
The variable is a three-digit number composed of the variables “Main actor type responsible for regulation at introduction”, “Main actor type responsible for financing at introduction”, and “Main actor type providing health services at introduction” described below. The first digit represents the regulation dimension. It can take values 1 (state actors), 2 (societal actors), 3 (private actors), 5 (global actors), or 0 (unknown, no dominant actor identified). The second digit represents the financing dimension. It can take values 1 (state actors), 2 (societal actors), 3 (private, individual actors), 4 (private, collective actors), 5 (global actors), or 0 (unknown, no dominant actor identified). The third digit represents the service provision dimension. It can take values 1 (state actors), 2 (societal actors), 3 (private actors), 5 (global actors), or 0 (unknown, no dominant actor identified). Hence, the code 111 would represent a system with state actors taking a dominant position in all dimensions. The code 123 would indicate as system with state regulation, contribution financing, and private actor provision.
Bibliographic info
Citation: de Carvalho, Gabriela, Alexander Polte, Katharina Scherf, Mai Mohamed Abdou Mahmoud , Lorraine Frisina Doetter. 2021. Trends in time: Identifying health care system introductions worldwide. SFB1342 Working Paper 16. Bremen: SOCIUM, SFB 1342. Achim Schmid, Gabriela de Carvalho, Antonio Basilicata, and Heinz Rothgang. 2021. Classifying healthcare systems at introduction: Types of healthcare systems under public responsibility. SFB 1342 Working Paper 13. Bremen: SOCIUM, SFB 1342.
Related publications: Frisina Doetter, Lorraine, Achim Schmid, Gabriela de Carvalho, and Heinz Rothgang. 2021. “Comparing apples to oranges? Minimizing typological biases to better classify healthcare systems globally.” Health Policy OPEN 2 (1): 1-8. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100035
Misc
Project manager(s): Gabriela de Carvalho; Achim Schmid
Data release: Version 0.001: Initial release
Revisions: No revisions yet
Sources
National legislation, expert survey, secondary literature, see bibliographic info
