Public health expenditure (national currency units, current prices)

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Data type	Numeric
Scale	Metric
Value labels	National currency unit
Technical name	hc_public_exp_ncu
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This indicator measures current spending on health by public financing schemes in national currency units and current prices following the OECD System of Health Accounts (SHA). Public financing schemes include general government spending on health and social health insurance financing. Social health insurance schemes are compulsory and mainly financed by contributions. Contributions are community rated and may not be related to the individual health risk of the insured.

Coding rules

The COW country coding rules are used.

Bibliographic info

Citation:

Related publications: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Eurostat, and World Health Organisation (WHO) "A System of Health Accounts 2011: Revised Edition" (Paris: OECD Publishing, 2017).

Misc

Project manager(s): tbd

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Sources

Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) "OECD Health Statistics" (Paris: OECD). Available at: https://stats.oecd.org/