Healthcare system existence
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Binary |
| Value labels |
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| Technical name | health_HC_regulation_Existence |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Healthcare system existence |
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This variable indicates that the respective country has established a healthcare system unter public responsibility.
Coding rules
This indicator takes tha value 1 = "Yes" for the year of introduction of a healthcare system under public responsibility and each year after this date. For all other years, the indicator is set to 0 = "No". A healthcare system under public responsibility is introduced with (a) the first nation-wide legislation, (b) enactment of entitlements to healthcare benefits, and (c) the integration of elements of the healthcare system (e.g. through the definition of institutional responsibilities for financing, service provision and regulation).
Bibliographic info
Citation: 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). Collaborative Research Center 1342 Global Dynamics of Social Policy, Bremen.
de Carvalho, G., Polte, A., Scherf, K., Mohamed, M., & Frisina Doetter, L. (2021). Trends in time: Identifying health care system introductions worldwide. SFB1342 Working Paper, (under review). Collaborative Research Center 1342 Global Dynamics of Social Policy, Bremen.
Related publications: NA (no information available)
Misc
Project manager(s): Gabriela de Carvalho; Achim Schmid
Data release: NA (no information available)
Revisions: NA (no information available)
Sources
National legislation, expert survey, secondary literature, see bibliographic info
