Health at a glance: OECD indicators 2007

13 November 2007

This fourth edition, Health at a glance: OECD indicators 2007, provides the latest comparable data and trends on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in indicators of health status and health risks, and in the costs, allocation of resources and outputs of health systems. For the first time, this report also includes a chapter on the quality of medical care, presenting a limited set of health care quality indicators for cross-national comparison.

Each indicator in the book is presented in a user-friendly format, consisting of charts illustrating variations across countries and over time, brief commentaries highlighting the key findings conveyed by the data, and a methodological box on the definition of the indicator. In addition, a statistical annex provides additional information for each indicator, often presenting long time series going as far back as 1960.

This publication is based on OECD Health Data 2007, the most comprehensive database on health and health systems across the 30 OECD member countries.

Authored by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

ISBN-13 9789264027329; 145pp.

Further information

Available from OECD at http://www.oecd.org/health/healthataglance/ [external link].

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Contact AIHW, tel. +61 2 6244 1008 or email the International health team.