Medical goods in million constant (2016) national currency units (GHED)

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Data type Numeric
Scale Metric
Value labels Not applicable
Technical name health_hc_financing_medgoods_milncu_ghed
Category Health and long-term care
Label Medical goods in million constant (2016) national currency units (GHED)
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Medical goods expenditure expressed in millions in constant NCU (2016). Medical goods comprise pharmaceutical products and non-durable medical goods intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation or treatment of disease, including prescribed medicine and over-the-counter drugs, where the function and mode of provision are not specified.


Coding rules

Coding rules in accordance with WHO Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) operationalisation.


Bibliographic info

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


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Project manager(s): Gabriela de Carvalho, Achim Schmid


Data release:
  • Version 0.001: Initial release


Revisions: No revisions yet

Sources

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