Methodological datasheet: Public expenditure on healtt as a percentage of GDP

Identification

Description.

Public expenditure on healtt as a percentage of GDP

Description and source 1 operation code.

Health account. (170118 Basque Statistics Plan)

Description and source 2 operation code.

Economic accounts (170112)

Responsable entity.

Eustat

Availability.

Year + 2

Indicator formula.

Public expenditure on healtt / GDP x 100

Objectives

It indicates expenditure by the Public Administrations on health care.

Sphere

Population:

Resident public or private units that spend on medical goods and services

Geographical Sphere:

Basque Country

Time period:

Biennial

Concepts and Definitions

The indicator is obtained as a quotient, out of a hundred:

Numerator:

Numerator: Current expenditure by public resident units on curative, rehabilitative and preventative health care services as well as on pharmaceutical products, in accordance with the SHA 2011 (System of Health Accounts) methodology of the OECD.

Denominator:

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) x 100,000.

Codes and nomenclatures

Not applicable

Quality

The sources used by each country available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/hlth_sha11_esms.htm

Further Information

The EUROSTAT data are available in the Population and social conditions folder Health> Health care> Health care expenditure> Health care expenditure (SHA 2011) (hlth_sha11)>

Health care expenditure by function