Explanatory notes on items from "Costs of social security"
| Table 7 Cost of social security in fiscal year 1996 according to the ILO standards |
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| Notes: |
| 1. Table 7 has been calculated reflecting the standards of the ILO for the cost of social security. |
| 2. "Health and Medical Services for the Aged" includes only the benefits of medical care and grants for nursing homes and excludes other health services such as medical check-ups and counseling, which are included in 22. "Public health". |
| 3. "National Pension" includes the welfare pension and the universal basic pensions. |
| 4. "Farmers' Pension Fund, etc." includes national Pension Fund. |
| 5. "Public health" includes public grants for treatment of tuberculosis, etc. |
| 6. Family benefits include not only child allowances but also income support for single parent families and handicapped children. |
| 7. Rounding of the numbers may cause some discrepancies. After rounding of numbers the zero represents one million. |
| 8. Since FY1995, subsidies for elderly employees and child care leave benefits were newly established, and the former was calculated in""Cash Benefit" of "Others" of "Employment Insurance" and the latter was calculated in "Cash" of "Sickness/Childbirth" of "Employment Insurance" and each Mutual Aid Association.? |
Explanatory notes on items from "Costs of social security" |
| 1. Explanatory notes on receipts items |
| (i) Income from capital includes interest, dividends, rents, capital gains, profits from redemption, etc. |
| (ii) Transfer from other schemes includes the following: (1)contributions to special schemes for persons employed on a daily-wage basis in Government-managed Health Insurance and National Health Insurance; (2)transfer payments from all health insurance schemes to Medical Care Service Program for Retired Employess in National Health Insurance; (3)transfer payments from all health insurance schemes to Health and Medical Services for the Aged; (4)transfer payments from all schemes to National Pension for contribution to universal basic pensions;(5) transfer payments from National Pension to other schemes for the payment of universal Basic Pensions; (6) transfer payments from the inter-scheme budget adjustment accounts to Other schemes for the second tier of the Basic Pensions. |
| (iii) Other receipts include subsidies, fees, cost-sharing, indemnities for damage, etc. |
| 2. Explanatory notes on expenditure items |
| (i) Administrative costs include various costs for running offices, membership fees, transportation costs for business trips, etc. |
| (ii) Transfer to other schemes includes (1) transfer payments from the other health insurance schemes to special schemes for persons employed on a daily-wage basis, for Retired Employees, and for Health and Medical Services for the Aged; (2) transfer payments from the Other pension schemes to National Pension for universal Basic Pensions; (3) transfer payments paid by National Pension to the other schemes for universal Basic Pension; (4) transfer payments from the Other schemes for the second tier of Basic Pensions to the inter-scheme budget adjustment accounts. |
| (iii) Other expenditures include administrative costs for the Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund, grants for constructing medical care and welfare service facilities, Maintenance fees for the facilities, etc. |
| - : Negative |
