OECD Web book contents

Table of contents

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Chapter 1. Health Status

• Life expectancy at birth
• Premature mortality
• Mortality from heart disease and stroke
• Mortality from cancer
• Mortality from transport accidents
• Suicide
• Infant mortality
• Infant health: Low birth weight
• Perceived health status
• Diabetes prevalence and incidence
• Cancer incidence
• AIDS incidence and HIV prevalence

Chapter 2. Non-medical Determinants of Health

• Tobacco consumption among adults
• Alcohol consumption among adults
• Overweight and obesity among adults
• Overweight and obesity among children

Chapter 3. Health Workforce

• Employment in the health and social sectors
• Medical doctors
• Medical graduates
• Remuneration of doctors (general practitioners and specialists)
• Gynaecologists and obstetricians, and midwives
• Psychiatrists
• Nurses
• Nursing graduates
• Remuneration of nurses

Chapter 4. Health Care Activities

• Consultations with doctors
• Medical technologies
• Hospital beds
• Hospital discharges
• Average length of stay in hospitals
• Cardiac procedures (coronary angioplasty)
• Hip and knee replacement
• Treatment of renal failure (dialysis and kidney transplants)
• Caesarean sections
• Cataract surgeries
• Pharmaceutical consumption

Chapter 5. Quality of Care

• Care for chronic conditions
  - Avoidable admissions: Respiratory diseases
  - Avoidable admissions: Uncontrolled diabetes
• Care for acute exacerbation of chronic conditions
  - In-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction
  - In-hospital mortality following stroke
• Patient safety
  - Obstetric trauma
  - Procedural or postoperative complications
• Care for mental disorders
  - Unplanned hospital re-admissions for mental disorders
• Cancer care
  - Screening, survival and mortality for cervical cancer
  - Screening, survival and mortality for breast cancer
  - Survival and mortality for colorectal cancer
• Care for communicable diseases
  - Childhood vaccination programmes
  - Influenza vaccination for older people

Chapter 6. Access to Care

• Unmet health care needs
• Coverage for health care
• Burden of out-of-pocket health expenditure
• Geographic distribution of doctors
• Inequalities in doctor consultations
• Inequalities in dentist consultations
• Inequalities in cancer screening
• Waiting times

Chapter 7. Health Expenditure and Financing

• Health expenditure per capita
• Health expenditure in relation to GDP
• Health expenditure by function
• Pharmaceutical expenditure
• Financing of health care
• Trade in health services (medical tourism)

Chapter 8. Long-term Care

• Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at age 65
• Self-reported health and disability at age 65
• Prevalence and economic burden of dementia
• Recipients of long-term care
• Informal carers
• Long-term care workers
• Long-term care beds in institutions and hospitals
• Long-term care expenditure)