Health LTC financing ExpHC LTChealth MilNCU Eurostat

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Metric
Value labels	Not applicable
Technical name	health_LTC_financing_ExpHC_LTCday_MilNCU_Eurostat
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Expenditure on day long-term care (health) in million NCU (Eurostat)
Related indicators	Not applicable

This indicator measures the expenditure on the health care function “day long-term care (health)” (SHA HC.3.2) 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. The function day long-term care (health) comprises planned long-term care (health) services in a health care facility but without an overnight stay. Services may be provided in a hospital or nursing home or in a dedicated or stand-alone day centre facility.

Coding rules

For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of the health care functions on day long-term care see OECD et al. 2011, p. 94.

For additional documentation on the indicator by Eurostat see Eurostat n.d.

Bibliographic info

Citation: Eurostat. 27.11.2018. "Health care expenditure by function [hlth_sha11_hc]." https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_sha11_hc&lang=en.

Related publications: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Health Organization (WHO), and Eurostat. 2011. A System of Health Accounts. Paris: OECD Publishing.

Eurostat. n.d. "Health care expenditure (SHA 2011) (hlth_sha11). Eurostat metadata." https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/hlth_sha11_esms.htm

Misc

Project manager(s): A04 project, main responsible person Johanna Fischer

Data release: NA (no information available)

Revisions: NA (no information available)

Sources

Eurostat. 27.11.2018. "Health care expenditure by function [hlth_sha11_hc]." https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_sha11_hc&lang=en.