Metadata Sub-indicator 3.8.1.1. Unmet need for medical care

Goal

Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Target

Target 3.8. Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

Indicator

Indicator 3.8.1. Coverage of essential health services

Sub-indicator

Sub-indicator 3.8.1.1. Unmet need for medical care

Type of indicator (global, European, national)
  • European (sdg_03_60)
  • National
Definition

Proportion of people aged 16 and over reporting unmet health care needs due to any of the following reasons: Financial reasons, waiting list and too far to travel

Calculation method

$$ PPNIAM_{16+}^{t}=\frac{PNIAM_{16+}^{t}}{P_{16+}^{t}} \cdot 100$$Where \( PNIAM _{16+}^{t}\): population aged 16 and over indicating unmet health care needs in year t and \(P_{16+}^{t}\): population aged 16 and over in year t

Unit of measure

Percentage

Periodicity

Annual

Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)

Sex, Age, Autonomous Community, Nationality, Type of household, Income decile

Tier

No aplica

Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)

Yes

Statistical operation

Quality of Life Indicators (ISO code: 30471)

Responsible institution

INE

Date of the last metadata update

15/12/2021

Link to United Nations metadata
Custody agency

WHO

Observations

Self-reported unmet needs relate to a person's own assessment of whether he needed a medical examination or treatment (excluding dental care), but he did not have it or did not seek it

  • (1) Reasons: very expensive, far away to access or waiting list problems.
  • (2) Other reasons: not having time, not knowing any good specialist, fear of the doctor or hospitals, medical examinations or treatment, waiting and seeing if the problem improves, other reasons.
  • (*) Serial breakdown. Different question. The value of the subindicator 3.8.1.1 corresponds to the Reasons category