Classification Detail
Classification of Health Care Functions (ICHA-HC)
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
OECD/WHO/Eurostat (2011), A System of Health Accounts: 2011 Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris, Chapter 5, p. 71-119.
ISBN: 9789264116016 (PDF) ; 9789264116009 (print)
DOI: 10.1787/9789264116016-en
ISBN:
9789264116009
Website:
Custodian:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Available Formats:
Print, PDF
Year Adopted:
N/A
Year Published:
2011
Available Languages (besides English):
N/A
Availability:
Fully available only in English.
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
1.4 Health
Purpose:
A grouping of health care goods and services by purpose;
A cross-classification of these groups with other relevant health accounting classifications;
The generation of indicators, such as relative shares of preventive/curative expenditure, the ratio of inpatient to outpatient spending, and other indicators from cross-classifying with financial or provision information, such as: private spending on groups of health care goods and services (e.g. medical goods paid as out-of-pocket spending) or services by mode of provision (e.g. inpatient/outpatient).
Main Applications:
Compilation of health expenditure and financing statistics and health accounts according to the manual A System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011). The classification is an integral part of the core accounting framework provided by SHA 2011.
Main Users:
Compilers of health accounts (mainly National Statistical Institutes, Ministries of Health)
Methodology
Scope:
Final consumption expenditure of resident units on health care goods and services
Concept Being Classified:
health, goods, services
Statistical Units:
transaction
Main Principles:
The natural history of disease and the purpose of health care goods and services.
Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
Classification of Health Care Functions (ICHA-HC) - European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS)
Classification of Health Care Functions (ICHA-HC) and Central Product Classification (CPC)
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
First-digit level
HC.1
8 items
Level 2
Second-digit level
HC.1.1
25 items
Level 3
Third-digit level
HC.1.1.1
14 items
Remarks:
The classification also contains the following Memorandum items which are not included in the above table:Reporting items: consisting of 3 First-digit level items (Code format: HC.RI.2) and 9 Second-digit level items (Code format: HC.RI.2.1)Health care related items: consisting of 2 First-digit level items (Code format: HCR.1) and 2 Second-digit level items (Code format: HCR.1.1)
Criteria for Definition of Levels:
The first-level categories of the functional classification aim to distribute health consumption according to the type of need of the consumer (e.g. cure, care, prevention, etc.).
The categories relating to cure, rehabilitation and long-term care (HC.1-HC.3) are broken down at the second level of classification by a mode-of-provision (MoP) approach, which is based on the specific organisational and technological arrangements of the services consumed. The identified MoP categories are: inpatient, day care, outpatient and home-based care.
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
OECD, Eurostat, WHO
Coordinating Entity:
International Health Accounts Team (OECD, WHO, Eurostat)
Reason for Latest Revision:
To refine, expand and correct the previous version.
Major Changes:
SHA 2011 offers more complete coverage within the functional classification in areas such as prevention and long-term care.
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
Yes
Index Website:
Available Formats:
Print, PDF
Correspondence with Other Classifications:
Classification:
Correspondence Table:
Classification of Health Care Functions (ICHA-HC) - European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS)
Classification of Health Care Functions (ICHA-HC) and Central Product Classification (CPC)
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
OECD, Health Division
Unit:
Health Division
Contact Name:
David Morgan
Email:
Website:
Telephone:
+33 1 45 24 76 09
Fax:
+33 1 44 30 63 61
Address:
2, rue André Pascal
75775 Paris Cedex 16
France
Comments
Additional contact - for public use:
Agency/Office: Eurostat
Name: Christine Coin
Title: Head of Unit
Unit: F.5 Education, health and social protection
Telephone: +352 4301 33722
Fax: -
E-mail: Christine.Coin@ec.europa.eu
Address:
BECH B4/335
5, Rue Alphonse Weicker
2721 LUXEMBOURG
additional identification / ISBN numbers of the publication:
ISBN: 9789264116016 (PDF)
DOI: 10.1787/9789264116016-en