Explore Green Economy Indicators
Published on Explore Green Economy Indicators (https://measuring-progress.eu)

Home > Self reported unmet need for medical examination or treatment, by income quintile   

Self reported unmet need for medical examination or treatment, by income quintile   

REMOVE [1]

"This indicator is defined as the share of the population reporting that at least once in the previous 12 months they could not afford medical examination or treatment." The potential answers are problems of access (could not afford to, waiting list, too far to travel) or other (could not take time, fear, wanted to wait and see, didn't know any good doctor or specialist, other).

Retrieved on 12.08.2014 from
(http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/tsdph270 [2])

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

%

Link to Data: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do [3]

Description to get data: 

Direct data available via link

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Spain
Finland
France
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Iceland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovakia
Turkey

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [6]
  • EU Quality of Life Indicators [7]
  • Eurofound EurLIFE [8]
  • European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) [9]
  • Human Development Reports (UNDP) [10]
  • World Development Indicators (World Bank) [11]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [12]

Temporal Coverage: 

2004 to 2013

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [13]

Link to Methodology: 

Methodological issues in the analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of health using EU-SILC data -- page 17 [14]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [15]

Data quality assesment: 

  • Assessed by statistical office [16]

Publishing delay: 

  • 6-12 months [17]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Eurostat Quality Profile [18]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Gathered data is used for the provisioning of medical facilities and healthcare, aiming toward goals of the Green Economy. The lower the rate of unmet needs the better the outcome.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [19]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Higher recorded proportion of the unmet need is worse. The current capacities of health care systems across Europe differ, thus the statistics will vary based on the rationing of medical services, in all likelihood. Even in the case of free access, are differences in rationing levels influencing the respondent?
Related Indicator: 
Satisfaction with the national health care system [20]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are cultural differences influencing the choice of answers significatly?
Related Indicator: 
Better Life Index [21]

Use of indicator in mandates, international agreements or legislation: 

Name of agreement or policy: 

Regulation (EU) No 282/2014

Name of body or organisation: 

European Commission

Link to body or organisation: 

EU Health Programme 2014-2020 [22]

Section or page to find indicator: 

page 2
  • Home
    • About the website
    • About the search options
    • About the data in our Factsheets
    • About my indicator selection
    • About the indicators on the website
  • Complete indicator list
  • Imprint
  • Privacy notice
The NETGREEN project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under the Grant Agreement no. 603877.

Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/self-reported-unmet-need-medical-examination-or-treatment-income-quintile-%C2%A0%C2%A0

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/939
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/tsdph270
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tsdph270&plugin=1
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/68
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/71
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/73
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/81
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/97
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[14] https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/e16edb50-507e-4938-ad9f-5d7133158e38/KS-RA-10-017-EN-N.pdf
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/38
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/24
[18] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/tsdph270_esmsip.htm
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/satisfaction-national-health-care-system
[21] https://measuring-progress.eu/better-life-index
[22] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/;jsessionid=5Qj3TvyCyBqbhfLZzzBttjDGh3gyXkQWYrjhrt36mChMJJlp02XX!2060916514?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2014.086.01.0001.01.ENG