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 Dynamics of 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 Dynamics of 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
