Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269908 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | Expenditure in a period on the acquisition or enhancement of other equipment. |
Context: | Health expenditure: Gross capital expenditure is a significant, though variable, element of total health establishment expenditure. Just as recurrent expenditure is broken down into a number of major categories to enable a proper analysis of health expenditure at the national level, so capital expenditure is to be broken down into a number of major categories. Capital expenditure in the context of hospitals and closely related establishments is a relatively undeveloped area. Nevertheless, there is a considerable interest in health establishment capital expenditure data at the national level from many different potential users. |