Data Source

Other, please specify

Type of Study

Cross-section, regular

Data gathering method

Integration of different types of data sources

Ease

Statistics publicly accessible through www.cbs.nl

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Public access

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Months

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Aggregated tables

Formats available

Excel

Language issues

Contact data administrator (see contact information)

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

Data was collected between 1972 and 2011; data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future. (Sample size: Not applicable)

First year of collection

1972

Stratification if applicable

Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Not applicable

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

Organizations involved in provision of health care, social care and welfare

Age range

No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness

Representative for organizations involved in provision of health care, social care and welfare.

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

Brief overview of: Expenditures on health services (National health care accounts) (macroeconomic)

Standardisation

International figures according to System of Health Accounts

Possibility of linkage among databases

Not applicable

Breaks

Break partly in 1998. International comparable data is available from 2005 onwards (System of Health Accounts definitions and scope available). The previous years, 1998-2004, will be adjusted in the near future to become internationally comparable.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Consistent time series from 1998 onward; older series have been adjusted from 1972 onwards, but are less detailed.

Strengths: The data source provides information about complete health and social care coverage. It is the basis for medium term forecasts on healthcare of the CPB (official economic forecasts) and is the basis for the Cost-of-Illness studies of RIVM (breakdown also to population classes!). Weaknesses: The dataset provides only expenditure data and no cost data, as well as no data for pharmaceutical and medical equipment industries, given the methodology of the System of Health Accounts.