Year of introduction of health care program (de iure effective)

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Data type	Numeric
Scale	Date time
Value labels	Year of introduction
Technical name	hc_intro2
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This indicator refers to the year in which a public health care scheme has been introduced in a country for the first time. The date thereby refers to the year the law or policy comes into force (de jure), which may be different from the year in which the respective law was passed. Later amendments are regarded as reforms to such first health care policy, even though they may be passed under different laws. Health care programs cover direct provision of health care by public health services as well as social insurance or mandatory private insurance schemes which give access to health care through contracted providers.

Coding rules

The COW country coding rules are used.

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Sources

U.S. Social Security Administration (USSSA) “Social Security Programs throughout the World” (Washington, DC: USSSA, 2016–18).