Unit 3

 


Unit title in the SHA, 2.0 ("New" publication)

 

 3. KEY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS IN HEALTH ACCOUNTS (Click on the title to see the Programme of work for this chapter).

 

Reference text of the SHA, 1.0 ("Old" publication)


Replaces Chapter 5 “Measurement of Expenditure on Health Care” and Chapter 7 “Price and Volume Measurement” in the SHA manual 1.0.


Key issues affecting this Unit
Definitions of aggregate measures of expenditure on health such as:

  • Total and current expenditure on health;
  • Expenditure on health related functions;
  • Whether a distinction between ‘social’ and ‘individual’ financing arrangement should be retained;
  • Health volume output;
  • Market and non-market production of health;
  • Prices for health care services and goods and health specific PPPs.

 

Coordinating organisation

 

OECD

Unit status and available drafts

 

Invitation to submit input documents  on this unit issued on 1 July 2008.

Documents can be submitted to sha.contact@oecd.org up until 31 January 2009.

 

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