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| Indicator name |
The proportion of the population covered by health insurance |
| Code |
HC-P3 |
| Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) |
NAT |
| Detailed definition |
The percentage of the population covered by public health insurance (which is defined as tax-based public health insurance and income-related payroll taxes including social security contribution schemes) +
the percentage of the population covered by private health insurance including: Private mandatory health insurance, Private employment group health insurance, Private community-rated health insurance, and Private risk-rated health insurance. |
| Breakdowns |
Gender (if available) |
| Comments/ Policy relevance |
– Member states should highlight the role of the insurance according to the OECD classification i.e. primary, complementary, duplicate and supplementary. This should be taken into account in the presentation of the indicator in the EU reporting exercise. Member States should provide this information either directly using national data sources or via OECD data. – If applicable and available information on insurance coverage should be provided by gender. |
| Source |
OECD and national data sources |
| SPC portfolio section |
Health and LTC - access and inequalities |
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