Healthcare system type at introduction

Quick info
Data type	String
Scale	String
Value labels	Not applicable
Technical name	health_HC_regulation_systemtype
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Healthcare system type at introduction
Related indicators	Main actor type responsible for regulation at introduction Main actor type responsible for financing at introduction Main actor type providing services at introduction Code of healthcare system type at introduction

This variable describes the features of the healthcare system at the point of introduction. The variable indicates the dominant actor type in the regulation, financing, and service provision dimensions of the healthcare system. Actor types comprise state actors, societal actors, private actors, and global actors. In the financing dimension, we additionally differentiate between private collective actors (i.e., private health insurance) and private individual actors (direct payments by individuals and households). For a detailed discussion of the healthcare system typology, actor types, and classification, see Frisina Doetter et al. (2021).

Coding rules

Description of dominant actor types. For coding rules see related indicators.

Bibliographic info

Citation:

• de Carvalho, Gabriela and Achim Schmid in collaboration with Polte, Alexander; Frisina Doetter, Lorraine; Haunss, Sebastian and Heinz Rothgang. 2023. Global Historical Healthcare Systems Dataset (G2HSet): Technical report and codebook. Vol. 15 of SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series. Bremen, SFB 1342.
• de Carvalho, Gabriela, and Johanna Fischer. 2020. Healthcare and Long-Term Care Systems and Reforms - Concepts and Operationalisations for Global and Historical Comparative Research. Vol. 3 of SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series. 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
• Version 0.002-0.003: Updates
• Version 0.004: Revision of introduction dates

Revisions: Revision of introduction dates and events for several countries in Africa, Latin America and Europe

Sources

• National legislation, expert survey, secondary literature, see bibliographic info