Actors responsible for financing at introduction

Quick info
Data type	String
Scale	String
Value labels	Not applicable
Technical name	health_HC_financing_IntroActorsDescrip
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Actors responsible for financing at introduction
Related indicators

This variable describes the features of the healthcare system at the point of introduction. It specifies the actors responsible for the financing of the healthcare system in the respective country. Responsibility for financing includes the collection, pooling, and allocation of funds.

Coding rules

List of actors responsible for financing (collection, pooling, and allocation of funds).

Bibliographic info

Citation: Schmid, A., de Carvalho, G., Basilicata, A., & Rothgang, H. (2021). Classifying healthcare systems at introduction: Types of healthcare systems under public responsibility. SFB 1342 Working Paper, (under review). Collaborative Research Center 1342 Global 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 Social Policy, Bremen.

Related publications: Frisina Doetter, L., Schmid, A., de Carvalho, G., & Rothgang, H. (2021). Comparing apples to oranges? Minimizing typological biases to better classify healthcare systems globally. Health Policy OPEN, 2(100035), 1-8. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100035.

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