Inclusiveness: general practitioner care

Quick info
Data type	String
Scale	Categorical
Value labels	NA (no information available)
Technical name	health_hc_djgen_incl_generalpractitionercare
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Inclusiveness: general practitioner care
Related indicators	NA (no information available)

This indicator provides the specific social groups that are entitled to access general practitioner care service by legislative texts. The variable is coded following the Art.13 of the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention (1969) of the International Labor Organization –ILO–, which establishes the categories of services that medical care must comprise. This indicator is defined as general practitioner care as in subsection (a) of the mentioned article. The indicator includes a scope of services provided in legislative texts such as outpatient care, curative care, primary care, medical treatment, among others.

Coding rules

The variable is coded following the Art.13 of the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention (1969) of the International Labor Organization –ILO–, which establishes the categories of services that medical care must comprise. This indicator is defined as general practitioner care as in subsection (a) of the mentioned article encompassing the following codes: physician practice, outpatient care, general physician service, curative care, primary care, medical examination, medical treatment. The code physician practice (303) refers to benefits package includes services provided in a physician practice or health center where several physicians provide services collaboratively.

The code outpatient care (304) refers to the benefits package includes outpatient healthcare services. “An outpatient is thus a person who goes to a health care facility for a consultation or treatment, and who leaves the facility within hours of the start of the consultation without being “admitted” to the facility as a patient.” (OECD System of Health Accounts, p. 80). Outpatient care can be provided in physician practice, other outpatient care facilities, in clinics or hospitals, or at home.

The code general physician practice (305) refers to the benefits package includes general physician services or services by general medical practitioners.

The code curative care (317) refers to the definition: “Curative care comprises health care contacts during which the principal intent is to relieve symptoms of illness or injury, to reduce the severity of an illness or injury, or to protect against exacerbation and/or complication of an illness and/or injury that could threaten life or normal function” (OECD System of Health Accounts, p. 86). Curative care can be provided in hospitals or ambulatory settings, as inpatient or outpatient services, and by general physicians or specialists.

The code primary care (319) refers to the definition: “A level of care or setting—an entry point to a system that includes secondary care (by community hospitals) and tertiary care (by medical centers and teaching hospitals) (Fry, 1980) (…).”

The code medical examination (324) describes health services which examine the health condition of patients, without following a preventive rational. This is most used in two cases. First, in diagnostic settings, which aim to prepare or facilitate health interventions and/or therapies. Second, it also includes examinations, where the purpose of examination is not clearly defined.

The code medical treatment (325) is meant to capture any mention of unspecified or general health care services. Please, use this code if parts of the population are entitled to medical services and there is no precise information about the medical intervention which points to other (more specific) codes.

Bibliographic info

Citation: Codebook (in publication)

Related publications: NA (no information available)

Misc

Project manager(s): Alexander Polte; Matías Acosta; Mai Mahmoud

Data release: 31.10.2024

Revisions: NA (no information available)

Sources

National legislation