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Access to supplementary health insurance

Domain

Health

Subdomain

Healthy care systems

Indicator

Access to supplementary health insurance


Definition

Proportion of the population with supplemental health insurance for selected coverage.


Measurement

This indicator is measured in Survey on Health Care Access and Experiences (SHCAE-PSC) and the Survey on Health Care Access and Experiences – Virtual Care and Pharmaceuticals (SHCAE-VCP). For this indicator, persons with access to supplementary health insurance are those who have insurance, either through their own plan or through someone else’s (e.g., private, government, non-insured health benefit, or employer-paid plans), that covers all or some of the costs of their prescription medications.

Survey respondents are asked:

Do you have insurance that covers all or part of the cost of your prescription medications?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don’t know

Data sources


Data analysis

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