Healthcare system financed through contribution at introduction
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Binary |
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| Technical name | health_HC_financing_IntroCont |
| Category | Health and long-term care |
| Label | Healthcare system financed through contribution at introduction |
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This variable describes the features of the healthcare system at the point of introduction. It indicates insurance contributions as a major financing source of the healthcare system.
Coding rules
Contributions are characterized as prepayments to social health insurance establishing entitlements to healthcare goods and services. The indicator takes the value 1 = "Yes" if the respective legislation and system description define contributions as a substantial financing source of healthcare services.
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
