Expenditure on long-term care (social) by compulsory contributory health insurance schemes and compulsory medical saving accounts in percentage of GDP (Eurostat)
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | health_LTC_financing_ExpHCHF_LTCsocial_Comp_PerGDP_Eurostat |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Expenditure on long-term care (social) by compulsory contributory health insurance schemes and compulsory medical saving accounts in percentage of GDP (Eurostat) |
| Related indicators | Not applicable |
This indicator measures the expenditure on the health care function "long-term care (social)" (SHA HCR.1) by the health care financing schemes "compulsory contributory health insurance schemes" (SHA HF.1.2) and "compulsory medical saving accounts (CMSA)" (SHA HF.1.3) in percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) following the System of Health Accounts (SHA; OECD et al. 2011). Expenditure refers to the payments related to the final consumption of all health care goods and services by the resident units. The function long-term care (social) comprises the expenditure on lower-level social care services to assist with instrumental activities of daily living (such as home-help, meals on wheels, transport and day centres, etc.). As the health care components of long-term care are contained in HC.3, the complementary social components are included as a health care-related category that is further subdivided into in-kind and in-cash components. Compulsory health insurance involves a financing arrangement to ensure access to health care for specific population groups through mandatory participation and eligibility based on the payment of health insurance contributions by or on behalf of the individuals concerned. Compulsory Medical Savings Accounts (CMSAs) mean legally compulsory MSAs, whereby the basic method for fundraising and some issues concerning the use of the account to pay for health services are regulated by the government. There is no pooling across individuals, except perhaps for family members. The indicator represents the share of compulsory contributory health insurance expenditure and compulsory medical expenditure for long-term care (social) in relation to national income. The national GDP is used in euro as available in the EUROSTAT database.
Coding rules
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of the health care functions on long-term care (social) see OECD et al. 2011, p. 114.
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of compulsory contributory health insurance schemes see OECD et al. 2011, pp. 169-172.
For further discussion of the boundaries and measurement of CMSAs see OECD et al. 2011, pp. 172-173.
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.
