Existance of long-term care facilities (WHO)
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Scale | Binary |
| Value labels | 0 = No
1 = Yes |
| Technical name | health_LTC_provision_CareFacilities_YN_WHO |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Existence of long-term care facilities (WHO) |
| Related indicators | Not applicable |
This indicator by the WHO measures the existence of establishments primarily engaged in providing residential long-term care that combines nursing, supervisory or other types of care as required by the residents as outlined in WHO 2020.. The method of estimation consists in listing of facilities available in a country to provide support and inpatient/outpatient care for people with dementia provided by the national authority's response.
Coding rules
For additional documentation on the indicator by WHO see WHO 2020.
Bibliographic info
Citation: World Health Organization (WHO). 09.2018. "Care facilities [long-term care]." https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/5124.
Related publications: World Health Organization (WHO). 2020. "THE GLOBAL HEALTH OBSERVATORY. Indicators." https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators.
World Health Organization (WHO). 2016. Global Health Observatory metadata. https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.metadata.
Misc
Project manager(s): A04 project, main responsible person Johanna Fischer
Data release: NA (no information available)
Revisions: NA (no information available)
Sources
World Health Organization (WHO). 09.2018. "Global Health Observatory data repository. Dementia health and social care facilities. Long-term care facilities." https://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.GDO0802v?lang=en.
