Many people deserve credit for the work presented in this report, which was prepared by the public health team in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. The production of this report benefited greatly from the inputs and comments received from national experts, member state representatives and other stakeholders. Special thanks go to Yvette Azzopardi, Martine Ingvorsen and Marianne Takki (European Commission) who followed the development of the project since its conceptualisation and provided inputs throughout.
Preliminary versions of the chapters of this book were presented and discussed at meetings of the OECD Expert Group on the Economics of Public Health (EGEPH), chaired by Joanna Głażewska and Marianne Takki, and at the December 2025 meeting of the OECD Health Committee, chaired by Chris Mullin. Country experts and delegates are too many to name individually, but the authors would like to thank in particular delegates from Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Mexico, Netherland, Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the European Commission and WHO for their constructive comments throughout the process.
The authors would like to thank the organisations and institutions whose data was used in the analyses presented in this report. The work was funded through regular contributions from OECD Member countries and received support from the EU4Health programme of the European Union.
The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OECD Member countries or the European Union. The organisations and institutions whose data was used in this report do not bear any responsibility for the analysis or interpretation of the data.