Healthcare system financed through taxation at introduction

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Binary
Value labels	1 = Yes 0 = No
Technical name	health_HC_financing_IntroTax
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Healthcare system financed through taxation at introduction
Related indicators

This variable describes the features of the healthcare system at the point of introduction. It indicates taxes and the general government budget as a major financing source of the healthcare system.

Coding rules

Taxes or general government budget are characterized as revenue that does not establish enitlements to healthcare. It may include health spending at federal, regional or local level of government. The indicator takes the value 1 = "Yes" if the respective legislation and system description define taxes or the general government budget 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