Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Directorate Analysis and Monitoring - Department Financing and Budget
1.3. Contact name
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1.4. Contact person function
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1.5. Contact mail address
Federal Public Service Social Security
Directorate Analysis and Monitoring - Department Financing and Budget
Kruidtuinlaan 50 box 100
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
1.6. Contact email address
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1.7. Contact phone number
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1.8. Contact fax number
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2.1. Metadata last certified
31 March 2024
2.2. Metadata last posted
31 March 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
3 May 2024
3.1. Data description
Statistics on healthcare non-expenditure provide information on healthcare human resources, healthcare facilities, and healthcare utilisation.
- The people active in the healthcare sector (doctors, dentists, nurses, etc.) and their status (graduates, practising, migration of doctors and nurses, etc.);
- The available healthcare technical resources and facilities (hospital beds, beds in residential care facilities, medical technology, etc.);
- The health activities or patient contacts undertaken (hospital discharges, surgical procedures, ambulatory care data, etc.).
Annual national and regional data are provided in absolute numbers or as a rate of a relevant population.
Data are based mainly on administrative records (see section 18.1 ‘Source data’ for more information).
National deviations: see Annex at the bottom of the page.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Public health.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The healthcare non-expenditure statistics describe the public health sector from a non-monetary perspective. The statistics explain the number or rate of different healthcare resources, facilities and utilisations. A wide range of indicators are collected from a multitude of sources and therefore, details pertaining to individual variables are given in the Annex.
Definitions of mandatory variables are laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294.
Joint Questionnaire on Non-Monetary Health Care Statistics, which is carried by Eurostat, OECD and WHO-Europe.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
No confidential information is covered in the variables covered.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
No confidential information
8.1. Release calendar
The data transmitted to Eurostat are released by Eurostat. There is no national release under the same form.
All institutions involved and administering part of the health sector covered by the data are competent for their own dissemination policies and calendars.
Statistics on healthcare non-expenditure provide information on healthcare human resources, healthcare facilities, and healthcare utilisation.
- The people active in the healthcare sector (doctors, dentists, nurses, etc.) and their status (graduates, practising, migration of doctors and nurses, etc.);
- The available healthcare technical resources and facilities (hospital beds, beds in residential care facilities, medical technology, etc.);
- The health activities or patient contacts undertaken (hospital discharges, surgical procedures, ambulatory care data, etc.).
Annual national and regional data are provided in absolute numbers or as a rate of a relevant population.
Data are based mainly on administrative records (see section 18.1 ‘Source data’ for more information).
3 May 2024
The healthcare non-expenditure statistics describe the public health sector from a non-monetary perspective. The statistics explain the number or rate of different healthcare resources, facilities and utilisations. A wide range of indicators are collected from a multitude of sources and therefore, details pertaining to individual variables are given in the Annex.
Definitions of mandatory variables are laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294.
