Health at a Glance 2009

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ISBN 9789264075566
200 pages, 13 tables, 200 graphs

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NEXT EDITION OF HEALTH AT A GLANCE TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 8, 2009

Health at a Glance 2009 – OECD Indicators

This fifth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. Key indicators provide information on health status, the determinants of health, health care activities and health expenditure and financing in OECD countries. This edition also contains new chapters on the health workforce and on access to care, an important policy objective in all OECD countries. The chapter on quality of care has been extended to include a set of indicators on the quality of care for chronic conditions.

This publication takes as its main basis OECD Health Data 2009, the most comprehensive set of statistics and indicators for comparing health systems across the 30 OECD member countries.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Health Status

Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy at age 65
Premature mortality
Mortality from heart disease and stroke
Mortality from cancer
Mortality from road accidents
Suicide
Infant mortality
Infant health: low birth weight
Dental health among children
Perceived health status
Diabetes prevalence and incidence
AIDS incidence

Chapter 2. Non-medical Determinants of Health

Smoking and alcohol consumption at age 15
Nutrition at ages 11, 13 and 15
Physical activity at ages 11, 13 and 15
Overweight and obesity among children
Tobacco consumption among adults
Alcohol consumption among adults
Overweight and obesity among adults

Chapter 3. Health Workforce

Employment in the health and social sectors
Practising physicians
Medical graduates
Foreign-trained physicians
Remuneration of doctors (general practitioners and specialists)
Gynaecologists and obstetricians, and midwives
Psychiatrists
Practising nurses
Nursing graduates
Remuneration of nurses
Dentists
Pharmacists

Chapter 4. Health Care Activities

Consultations with doctors
Medical technologies (supply and use)
Hospital beds (supply and use)
Hospital discharges
Average length of stay in hospitals
Cardiac procedures (coronary bypass and angioplasty)
Treatment of renal failure (dialysis and kidney transplants)
Caesarean sections
Cataract surgeries
Pharmaceutical consumption

Chapter 5. Quality of Care

Introduction

Care for chronic conditions

Avoidable admissions: respiratory diseases
Avoidable admissions: diabetes complications
Avoidable admissions: congestive heart failure, hypertension

Acute care for chronic conditions

In-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction
In-hospital mortality following stroke

Care for mental disorders

Unplanned hospital re-admissions for mental disorders

Cancer care

Screening, survival and mortality for cervical cancer
Screening, survival and mortality for breast cancer
Survival and mortality for colorectal cancer

Care for communicable diseases

Childhood vaccination programmes
Influenza vaccination for elderly people

Chapter 6. Access to Care

Unmet health care needs
Coverage for health care
Burden of out-of-pocket health expenditure
Geographic distribution of doctors
Inequalities in doctor consultations
Inequalities in dentist consultations
Inequalities in cancer screening

Chapter 7. Health Expenditure and Financing

Health expenditure per capita
Health expenditure in relation to GDP
Health expenditure by function
Pharmaceutical expenditure
Expenditure by disease and age
Financing of health care
Trade in health services (medical tourism)

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