Blood Supply as a Signaling Game: European National Blood Collection Systems, 2011-2018

43 European nations, including EU member states, EEA countries, and candidate countries, form an unbalanced panel from 2011 to 2018. The dataset classifies each country into one of three time-invariant blood collection architecture categories: state-dominant, NGO-dominant, or mixed/fragmented. It was authored by Riccardo Vassalli and last updated on 2026-04 21.

Use Cases

• Comparative analysis of national blood collection governance models based on the three architecture categories.
• Time-series study of blood supply indicators across European nations from 2011 to 2018.
• Modeling the relationship between institutional structure and health system outcomes based on the country classification.
• Policy benchmarking for countries considering reforms to their blood collection systems.

Strengths

• Covers 43 countries across a defined 8-year period (2011-2018).
• Provides a clear, time-invariant classification of national blood collection systems into three distinct categories.
• Includes a diverse geographic scope encompassing EU, EEA, candidate, and Eastern Partnership countries.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 43.5 KB file size indicates a very limited scope of variables.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data compiled from WHO blood donation records and national legislation, following WHO country profiles.

Time Range

2011-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 14:53:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

43 European nations (EU-27, EEA, candidate countries, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan)