Dutch Health and Social Care Accounts Background and construction process C. van Mosseveld, PhD Eurostat / Statistics Netherlands

Background Since 1953 C&F statistics in NL 1990s: C&F statistics got outdated New system needed: –Create more complete overview –Relate better to society developments –Usable in policy analysis –Better links to SNA/ESA –Provide international comparable data Decision: new statistical system based on SHA

Goals Complete, consistent, coherent integrated description of health (and social) care Linking to integrated NA; Linking to budgetary frameworks of MoH and an increased international comparability (SHA)

Starting points Definition of Care: create the boundary of the system(s); in activities performed Economic units i.e. providers are core; containers of information; Expenditure measured as society burden Added to providers are financing agents and functions (clusters of activities)

What is new? Basic information system national accounts Budgetary system international accounts financing functions actors All 3 axes are linked Health & Soc Care accounts

What is new? Basic information system national accounts Budgetary system international accounts financing functions actors All 3 axes are linked Health & Soc Care accounts 1

What is new? Basic information system national accounts Budgetary system international accounts financing functions actors All 3 axes are linked Health & Soc Care accounts 2

Process Sources Integration Output metadata Basic data actor Integrated basic database -Expenditure -Financing -functions -Prices, Volumes -NA items -MoH items of actors Classifications National International Output data Tables according to: Various viewpoints H&S Care Accounts SHA Connecting tables: MoH National Accounts Input file

Future Process Sources Integration Output metadata data actor Integrated basic database -Expenditure -Financing -functions -Prices, Volumes -NA items -MoH items of actors Classifications National International Output data Tables according to: Various viewpoints Production Consumption Diseases Manpower …….. H&S Care Accounts SHA Connecting tables: MoH National Accounts Production Consumption Diseases Manpower …….. Input file

Basic system Database Health careSocial care Health and Social care ProvidersFinancingFunctions ProvidersFinancingFunction ProvidersFinancingFunctions HC.R Other Functions: Social care Providers: HP.1-HP.7 HP.0 HC.1-HC.7 Financing: Health care Social care

Results

Conclusions Every goal needs its own data set Possible to create data system to serve all goals Starting in HP is possibility, but not only solution Data need to be policy relevant

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