Social benefits comprise payments in cash (retirement pensions, family benefit, RMI, unemployment compensation, etc.) or in kind (reimbursement of medical care or medicines, etc.).The social welfare satellite account differs from this by introducing the notion of "social welfare benefits" which also includes social services: free or reduced-price access to services such as public hospitals, accommodation for the disabled, reduced rates in public transport for large families or the elderly.
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Social benefits comprise payments in cash (retirement pensions, family benefit, RMI, unemployment compensation, etc.) or in kind (reimbursement of medical care or medicines, etc.).</p><p>The social welfare satellite account differs from this by introducing the notion of "social welfare benefits" which also includes social services: free or reduced-price access to services such as public hospitals, accommodation for the disabled, reduced rates in public transport for large families or the elderly.</p></div>
