OECD Health Data 2008

STATISTICS AND INDICATORS FOR 30 COUNTRIES

OECD Health Data 2008 offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health care systems in OECD countries. It is an essential tool for policy advisors in governments, health researchers in the private sector and the academic community to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from cross-country comparisons of national health systems.

Already in its seventeenth edition, OECD Health Data is a unique, interactive database covering over 1 200 indicators and offering sophisticated query modules. The most recent data are for 2005/2006, with many time series going back as far as 1960.

Main fields covered are:

   • Health status

   • Health care resources

   • Health care utilisation

   • Long-term care resources and utilisation

   • Expenditure on health 

   • Health care financing

   • Social protection

   • Pharmaceutical market

   • Non-medical determinants of health

   • Demographic and Economic references

Available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, OECD Health Data 2008 uses fast, user-friendly Windows™-based software which enables users to carry out data extractions and build customised graphs and tables. The online version of OECD Health Data 2008 additionally offers Japanese and Russian languages to query the database. Free technical assistance and annual data and software update are accessible via the Internet. 

www.oecd.org/health/healthdata                      www.irdes.fr