Defaulters registration by Health Care Insurance Board

Summary

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access
Statistics publicly accessible through www.cbs.nl (StatLine)

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data were collected between 2006 - 2011 (data collected in 2012 will be available from July 2013). Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All defaulters registered in Dutch population (residents).

Age range
Population aged 19 and over

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Defaulters in Health Insurance.

Linkage

Standardisation
No

Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkable to other person databases through anonymized personal number.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable

Breaks
There is a break from 2009 to 2010 due to a change in definition of defaulter.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
There was a change in the definition of defaulter from 2009 to 2010.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Health and Health Care
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected annually.