The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD announcements
Health at a glance 2009: OECD indicators released (9 December 2009)
OECD Health Data 2009 released (1 July 2009)
AIHW new releases
Adoptions Australia 2008-09 (5 February 2010) (media release and publication)
Community housing 2008-09 (28 January 2010) (publication)
Public rental housing 2008-09 (28 January 2010) (publication)
State owned and managed Indigenous housing 2008-09 (28 January 2010) (publication)
Child protection Australia 2008-09 (21 January 2010) (media release and publication)
OECD Health Data is the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across industrialised countries. The database contains information on health status, health care services and health care spending for member countries.
Information from OECD Health Data facilitates international comparative reporting, supports policy planning and decision making, and enables health-related research and analysis.
Most Australian data supplied for inclusion in OECD Health Data come from databases maintained by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
AIHW maintains the Australian section of OECD Health Data.
| Fields covered: | |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | Health Status |
| Part 2 | Health Care Resources |
| Part 3 | Health Care Utilisation |
| Part 4 | Long-Term Care Resources and Utilisation |
| Part 5 | Expenditure on Health |
| Part 6 | Health Care Financing |
| Part 7 | Social Protection |
| Part 8 | Pharmaceutical Market |
| Part 9 | Non-Medical Determinants of Health |
| Part 10 | Demographic References |
| Part 11 | Economic References |
Over 1,200 variables are included in the database. Key items span the period 1970 to 2007, with some time series going back to 1960.
OECD Health Data 2009 is the latest edition of the OECD CD-ROM, released 1 July 2009.
Further information
Further information, including a complete list of variables and
Internet updates, is available for free download for users of the database, from
the OECD
Health Data [external link]
website.
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Contact Sally Bullock (AIHW), tel. +61 2 6244 1008 or email the .