Total number of benefit types
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Ordinal |
| Value labels | Not Applicable |
| Technical name | health_ltc_gen_tob_total_count |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Total number of benefit types |
| Related indicators | NA (no information available) |
This indicator shows the total number of different long-term care benefit types (in-kind, cash and regulatory benefits) addressing people in need of LTC or caregivers present in a country. The maximum number of benefit types which can be present in a country is 17 according to the framework on long-term care generosity (Viero & Fischer, 2025). Out of the 17 benefit types, these 9 address persons in need of LTC: Residential care; Semi-residential care; Home- and community-based care; Equipment provision; Consulting; Cash allowance; Vouchers; Tax relief; Right to family. These 8 benefit types address care givers: Training; Consulting; Caregiver allowance; Wage replacement; Tax relief; Care leave; Social security coverage; State hired caregivers.
Coding rules
The indicator is calculated by adding up occurance of types of benefits in 17 binary indicators on each benefit type in the country. The minimum value of 1 indicates that only one long-term care benefit type (e.g. residential care benefit) is present in a country. The maximum value of 17 indicates that all benefit types are present in a country.
Missing values coded in the following way: The code -888 is employed for countries which do not have a long-term care system (see Fischer, Sternkopf & Rothgang, 2023; de Carvalho & Fischer, 2020); these countries were excluded from data collection. The code -999 is employed for cases where information is missing.
Multiple data sources were employed and triangulated for constructing the indicator: national laws and regulations, academic publications and grey literature and websites such as report series from international organisations.
Definitions, data collection procedures and sources are outlined in detail in Viero & Fischer (forthcoming).
Bibliographic info
Citation:- Viero, Davide; Fischer, Johanna (forthcoming), Comparative Assessment of Long-term Care System Generosity: Mapping Benefits and Inclusiveness Internationally. SFB 1342.
- Fischer, J., Sternkopf, M., & Rothgang, H. (2023). Covering a new social risk: The introduction of long-term care systems worldwide. In I. Mossig & H. Obinger (Eds.), SOCIUM SFB Working Papers: Vol. 25. Mapping Global Dynamics of Social Policy (pp. 32–35). Bremen: Collaborative Research Centre 1342. https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/2559
- De Carvalho, G., & Fischer, J. (2020). Health and long-term care system introduction and reform – concepts and operationalisations for global and historical comparative research. SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series, 3. https://doi.org/10.26092/ELIB/539
Misc
Project manager(s): Davide Viero and Johanna Fischer (on behalf of the A07 project)
- Version 0.001: Initial release.
- Version 0.002: Data for UK added.
Revisions: No revisions yet
Sources
- Viero, Davide; Fischer, Johanna (forthcoming), Comparative Assessment of Long-term Care System Generosity: Mapping Benefits and Inclusiveness Internationally. SFB 1342.
