Code of healthcare system type at introduction

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Multinomial
Value labels	The first digit represents the regulation dimension with values 1 = State actor 2 = Societal actor 3 = Private actor 5 = Gobal actor 0 = No dominant actor identified The second digit represents the financing dimension with values 1 = State actor 2 = Societal actor 3 = Private, individual actor 4 = Private, collective actor 5 = Gobal actor 0 = No dominant actor identified The third digit represents the service provision dimension with values 1 = State actor 2 = Societal actor 3 = Private actor 5 = Gobal actor 0 = No dominant actor identified
Technical name	health_HC_regulation_hcstypeCode
Category	Health and long-term care
Label	Numerical code for healthcare system type at introduction
Related indicators	Main actor type responsible for regulation at introduction Main actor type responsible for financing at introduction Main actor type providing services at introduction Healthcare system type at introduction

This variable describes the features of the healthcare system at the point of introduction. The variable is a numerical expression of the variable “healthcare systems at introduction” (health_HC_regulation_systemtype).

Coding rules

The variable is a three-digit number composed of the variables “Main actor type responsible for regulation at introduction”, “Main actor type responsible for financing at introduction”, and “Main actor type providing health services at introduction” described below. The first digit represents the regulation dimension. It can take values 1 (state actors), 2 (societal actors), 3 (private actors), 5 (global actors), or 0 (unknown, no dominant actor identified). The second digit represents the financing dimension. It can take values 1 (state actors), 2 (societal actors), 3 (private, individual actors), 4 (private, collective actors), 5 (global actors), or 0 (unknown, no dominant actor identified). The third digit represents the service provision dimension. It can take values 1 (state actors), 2 (societal actors), 3 (private actors), 5 (global actors), or 0 (unknown, no dominant actor identified). Hence, the code 111 would represent a system with state actors taking a dominant position in all dimensions. The code 123 would indicate as system with state regulation, contribution financing, and private actor provision.

Bibliographic info

Citation:

• de Carvalho, Gabriela and Achim Schmid in collaboration with Polte, Alexander; Frisina Doetter, Lorraine; Haunss, Sebastian and Heinz Rothgang. 2023. Global Historical Healthcare Systems Dataset (G2HSet): Technical report and codebook. Vol. 15 of SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series. Bremen, SFB 1342.
• de Carvalho, Gabriela, Alexander Polte, Katharina Scherf, Mai Mohamed Abdou Mahmoud , Lorraine Frisina Doetter. 2021. Trends in time: Identifying health care system introductions worldwide. SFB1342 Working Paper 16. Bremen: SOCIUM, SFB 1342.
• Schmid, Achim, Gabriela de Carvalho, Antonio Basilicata, and Heinz Rothgang. 2021. Classifying healthcare systems at introduction: Types of healthcare systems under public responsibility. SFB 1342 Working Paper 13. Bremen: SOCIUM, SFB 1342.

Related publications:

• Frisina Doetter, Lorraine, Achim Schmid, Gabriela de Carvalho, and Heinz Rothgang. 2021. “Comparing apples to oranges? Minimizing typological biases to better classify healthcare systems globally.” Health Policy OPEN 2 (1): 1-8. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100035.

Misc

Project manager(s): Gabriela de Carvalho; Achim Schmid

Data release:

• Version 0.001: Initial release
• Version 0.002: Revision of introduction dates

Revisions: Revision of introduction dates and events

Sources

• National legislation, expert survey, secondary literature, see bibliographic info