Health at a Glance [electronic resource] : Asia/Pacific 2014
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World Health OrganizationContributor
World Health OrganizationContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
This third edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia/Pacific countries and economies. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, it builds on the format used in previous editions of Health at a Glance, and gives readers a better understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations and the performance of health systems in these countries and economies. Each of the indicators is presented in
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Title page; Legal and rights; Foreword; Executive summary; Introduction; Acronyms and abbreviations; Chapter 1. Health status; 1.1. Life expectancy at birth; 1.2. Infant mortality; 1.3. Under-5 mortality; 1.4. Mortality from all causes; 1.5. Mortality from cardiovascular disease; 1.6. Mortality from cancer; 1.7. Mortality from injuries; 1.8. Maternal mortality; 1.9. Tuberculosis; 1.10. HIV/AIDS; 1.11. Malaria; 1.12. Diabetes; 1.13. Ageing; Chapter 2. Determinants of health; 2.1. Reproductive health; 2.2. Preterm birth and low birthweight; 2.3. Infant and young child feeding
4.2. Financing of health care4.3. Pharmaceutical expenditure; Chapter 5. Quality of care; Health care quality: policy context and measurement; 5.1. Childhood vaccination programmes; 5.2. In-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction and stroke; 5.3. Mortality from breast, cervical and colorectal cancer; 5.4. Quality of care initiatives in the Asia/Pacific region; Bibliography; annex A. National data sources; annex B. Additional information on demographic and economic contexts; About the OECD
This third edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia/Pacific countries and economies. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, it builds on the format used in previous editions of Health at a Glance, and gives readers a better understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations and the performance of health systems in these countries and economies. Each of the indicators is presented in
Health status indicators -- Asia.
Health status indicators -- Pacific area.
Medical care -- Utilization -- Asia.
Public Health
Health & Biological Sciences
Medical Statistics