DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-7596-3
title: OECD Health Statistics, 1970-2017

description: &lt;p&gt;The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health Statistics offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool for health researchers and policy advisors in governments, the private sector and the academic community, to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health care systems. Within UKDS.Stat the data are presented in the following databases:&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Health status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This datasets presents internationally comparable statistics on morbidity and mortality with variables such as life expectancy, causes of mortality, maternal and infant mortality, potential years of life lost, perceived health status, infant health, dental health, communicable diseases, cancer, injuries, absence from work due to illness. The annual data begins in 2000. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Non-medical determinants of health&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset examines the non-medical determinants of health by comparing food, alcohol, tobacco consumption and body weight amongst countries. The data are expressed in different measures such as calories, grammes, kilo, gender, population. The data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Healthcare resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset includes comparative tables analyzing various health care resources such as total health and social employment, physicians by age, gender, categories, midwives, nurses, caring personnel, personal care workers, dentists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, hospital employment, graduates, remuneration of health professionals, hospitals, hospital beds, medical technology with their respective subsets. The statistics are expressed in different units of measure such as number of persons, salaried, self-employed, per population. The annual data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Healthcare utilisation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset includes statistics comparing different countries’ level of health care utilisation in terms of prevention, immunisation, screening, diagnostics exams, consultations, in-patient utilisation, average length of stay, diagnostic categories, acute care, in-patient care, discharge rates, transplants, dialyses, ICD-9-CM. The data is comparable with respect to units of measures such as days, percentages, population, number per capita, procedures, and available beds. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Health Care Quality Indicators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset includes comparative tables analyzing various health care quality indicators such as cancer care, care for acute exacerbation of chronic conditions, care for chronic conditions and care for mental disorders. The annual data begins in 1995. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pharmaceutical market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset focuses on the pharmaceutical market comparing countries in terms of pharmaceutical consumption, drugs, pharmaceutical sales, pharmaceutical market, revenues, statistics. The annual data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Long-term care resources and utilisation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset provides statistics comparing long-term care resources and utilisation by country in terms of workers, beds in nursing and residential care facilities and care recipients. In this table data is expressed in different measures such as gender, age and population. The annual data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Health expenditure and financing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset compares countries in terms of their current and total expenditures on health by comparing how they allocate their budget with respect to different health care functions while looking at different financing agents and providers. The data covers the years starting from 1960 extending until 2010. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Social protection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset introduces the different health care coverage systems such as the government/social health insurance and private health insurance. The statistics are expressed in percentage of the population covered or number of persons. The annual data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Demographic references&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset provides statistics regarding general demographic references in terms of population, age structure, gender, but also in term of labour force. The annual data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Economic references&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This dataset presents main economic indicators such as GDP and Purchasing power parities (PPP) and compares countries in terms of those macroeconomic references as well as currency rates, average annual wages. The annual data begins in 1960. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; These data were first provided by the UK Data Service in November 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;