Health care, including health care related services
(e.g., dental and pharmaceutical care)

In countries with universal government-funded health systems:

• Eligible people’s (e.g., citizens) levels of satisfaction with the quality of health care services
• People’s perceived level of difficulty in accessing health care services (e.g., eligibility for services)
• Number/percentage of government units with regulatory and financial policy tools for essential services
• Number/percentage of people ineligible for the universal health care system (e.g., non-citizen residents) who report having access to high-quality health services at low cost
• Perceived ability to meet health-related costs among people ineligible for the universal health care system, stratified by socioeconomic status
• Trends of out-of-pocket expenditures on health among people ineligible for the universal health care system
• Number/percentage of people ineligible for the universal health care system reporting fear of the financial costs associated with health care use
• Inequalities between eligible and ineligible groups regarding health status, use of health care services, and health-related debts

In countries with (non)universal public and/or private insurance systems:

• Number/percentage of government units with effective regulatory controls ensuring actions from for-profit and not-for-profit organizations are aligned with the public interest and health goals, particularly regarding quality, costs, and access to health services
• Number of countries with regulation of private sector and good regulatory capacity ensuring strict management and financial protection in the health care sector
• Average of household expenditure on health care expenses, stratified by socioeconomic status
• Individual perceived financial hardship associated with use of private health care services
• Health inequalities between patients of the private health care sector and patients of the public health care sector
• Financial health inequalities between patients of the private health care sector and patients of the public health care sector
• Number/percentage of Emergency Department visits, stratified by socioeconomic status
• Number/percentage of preventable pediatric hospitalization per year, stratified by socioeconomic status
• Average cost of an admitted emergency visit