Expenditure on long-term care (health) by government schemes and compulsory contributory health care financing schemes in million NCU (Eurostat)
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | health_LTC_financing_ExpHCHF_LTChealth_GovComp_MilNCU_Eurostat |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Expenditure on long-term care (health) by government schemes and compulsory contributory health care financing schemes in million NCU (Eurostat) |
| Related indicators | Not applicable |
This indicator measures the expenditure on the health care function “long-term care (health)” (SHA HC.3) by the health care financing schemes "government schemes and compulsory contributory health care financing schemes" (SHA HF.1) in million national currency units following the System of Health Accounts (SHA; OECD et al. 2011). Expenditure refers to the payments related to final consumption of all health care goods and services by the resident units. Long-term care (health) consists of a range of medical and personal care services that are consumed with the primary goal of alleviating pain and suffering and reducing or managing the deterioration in health status in patients with a degree of long-term dependency. Government schemes and compulsory contributory health care financing schemes includes all schemes aimed at ensuring access to basic health care for the whole society, a large part of it, or at least some vulnerable groups. Included are: government schemes, social health insurance, compulsory private insurance and compulsory medical saving accounts.
Coding rules
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of the health care functions on long-term care (health) see OECD et al. 2011, pp. 88-94.
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of government schemes and compulsory contributory health care financing schemes see OECD et al. 2011, pp. 167-172.
For additional documentation on the indicator by Eurostat see Eurostat n.d.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Eurostat. 27.11.2018. "Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care financing schemes [hlth_sha11_hchf]." http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_sha11_hchf&lang=en.
Related publications: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Health Organization (WHO), and Eurostat. 2011. A System of Health Accounts. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Eurostat. n.d. "Health care expenditure (SHA 2011) (hlth_sha11). Eurostat metadata." https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/hlth_sha11_esms.htm
Misc
Project manager(s): A04 project, main responsible person Johanna Fischer
Data release: NA (no information available)
Revisions: NA (no information available)
Sources
Eurostat. 27.11.2018. "Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care financing schemes [hlth_sha11_hchf]." http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_sha11_hchf&lang=en.
