However, where the liability for the compensation of employment
injuries is imposed directly on the employer, the schemes for
employment injury compensation are included in the scope of social
security expenditure even if they do not meet criterion iii) above.
On the basis of the criteria listed above, the following schemes
are included in these statistics: social insurance (including
unemployment insurance and employment injury compensation insurance),
family allowances, special schemes for public employees, public
health service, public assistance, social welfare schemes, and
aid for war victims.
- (i)
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- Medical care includes medical services provided under
various health insurance schemes, health services system for
the aged, medical services for Workmen's Accident Compensation
Insurance, medical services for public assistance and government-financed
special medical services, such as the treatment of tuberculosis
and mental disorders, public health services, etc.
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- (ii)
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- Pensions includes payments by all the public pension
schemes such as National Pensions, Employees' Pension Insurance,
etc. It also includes some cash benefits paid in the form of
pensions within the scheme of gratuities for retired civil servants
and the scheme for Workmen's Accident Compensation Insurance.
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- (iii)
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- Welfare & Others includes public assistance other
than medical services, cash benefits for child allowance, expenses
for social welfare services, sickness and injury cash benefits
within the health insurance schemes, leave compensation benefits
paid by the Workmen's Accident Compensation Insurance, unemployment
benefits from Employment Insurance, etc.
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