Global Legislation on Coercive Practices in Dementia Care

WHO data tracks the existence of national legislation aimed at ending coercive practices for people with dementia. The dataset provides a global overview of policy adoption across member states. It is compiled by the World Health Organization from official sources.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between a country's legislation status and reported dementia care quality metrics.
• Map the global adoption of anti-coercive legislation using country-level indicators.
• Model predictors of policy adoption using regional and economic development features.
• Track changes in legislation status over time to measure policy implementation progress.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization.
• Covers a globally relevant public health and human rights topic.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data granularity and update frequency are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection Method

Compilation from official national legislation and policy reports.

Geography

Global coverage of WHO member states.