Inclusiveness: pharmaceuticals

Quick info
Data type	String
Scale	Multinomial
Value labels	NA (no information available)
Technical name	health_hc_djgen_incl_pharmaceuticals
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Inclusiveness: pharmaceuticals
Related indicators	NA (no information available)

This indicator provides the specific social groups that are entitled to access pharmaceuticals by legislative texts. The variable is coded following the Art.13 of the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention (1969) of the International Labor Organization –ILO–, which establishes the categories of services that medical care must comprise. This indicator is defined as pharmaceuticals as in subsection (c) of the mentioned article.

Coding rules

The variable is coded following the Art.13 of the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention (1969) of the International Labor Organization –ILO–, which establishes the categories of services that medical care must comprise. This indicator is defined as pharmaceuticals as in subsection (c) of the mentioned article encompassing the following codes: pharmaceuticals.

The code pharmaceuticals (312) refers to “Medicines and other medical goods are frequently a component of a package of services with a preventive, curative, rehabilitative or long-term care purpose.” (OECD System of Health Accounts, p. 97). The code “pharmaceuticals” refers to “pharmaceutical products and non-durable medical goods intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation or treatment of disease” (OECD System of Health Accounts, p. 97) prescribed by physicians or other qualified health personnel and dispensed in pharmacies.

Bibliographic info

Citation: Codebook (in publication)

Related publications: NA (no information available)

Misc

Project manager(s): Alexander Polte; Matías Acosta; Mai Mahmoud

Data release: 31.10.2024

Revisions: NA (no information available)

Sources

National legislation