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Social protection: expenditure on cash benefits and on benefits in kind
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The relative importance of the various types of benefit depends both on the proportion of the various functions in social protection expenditure and on the specific characteristics of those functions. Thus, the predominance of old age and survivors’ benefits, particularly old age and survivors’ pensions, is such that cash benefits paid with respect to these functions constitute the biggest expenditure of social protection in EU-15 (44.6% of the total in 1999; see Table 2). The same situation obtains with regard to unemployment, where cash benefits (essentially unemployment and early retirement benefits) account for 90% of expenditure on this function. By contrast, sickness benefits, which are the second- biggest item of social protection expenditure, comprise mostly reimbursements and the charge of medical expenses. Benefits in kind for this function consequently account for 22.6% of total benefits and 85% of expenditure within this function. For the other functions, cash benefits and benefits in kind are more evenly balanced.
GØrard Abramovici - Personal Name
1024-4352
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Healthcare Management
English
2002
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