PHA-Exchange> Health at a Glance - OECD Indicators 2005

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 from "Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)" <ruglucia at PAHO.ORG> -----
    
Public health programs and prevention account for, on average, only 3%
of health spending, says OECD 

New report releases comparative data for 30 countries on health status,
resources, spending and other factors that influence health 

            Website:
http://www.oecd.org/document/11/0,2340,en_2649_33929_16502667_1_1_1_1,00
.html
>  

November 8, 2005-A new report released today by the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that, on average,
only 3% of total health expenditure in OECD countries goes toward
population-wide prevention and public health programs, while most of the
spending is focused on "sick care." According to the OECD, most
countries have developed national strategies for public health
improvement that include immunization programs, disease screening and
other steps to reduce the population's risk of developing communicable
and non-communicable diseases. However, only a small proportion of
health spending goes toward these types of initiatives.  

The publication presents comparative data on four key dimensions: 
- health status (life expectancy and leading causes of mortality),
- health care resources and their utilization (practising physicians and
nurses, medical technologies, 
- vaccination coverage among children and elderly people and hospital
activities), 
- health expenditure (including a breakdown of spending on curative
care, pharmaceuticals and public health programs) and non-medical
determinants of health (tobacco, alcohol and food consumption, as well
as overweight and obesity rates).  

Multilingual summaries

*         Czech Republic
<http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/18/35618198.pdf> 

*         Denmark <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/17/35618230.pdf> 

*         Finland <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/16/35618522.pdf> 

*         German <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/31/35630897.pdf> 

*         Hungary <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/15/35618651.pdf> 

*         Iceland <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/33/35626108.pdf> 

*         Italy <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/55/33/35635683.pdf> 

*         Japan <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/14/35618676.pdf> 

*         Korea <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/5/35619315.pdf> 

*         The Netherlands
<http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/13/35618688.pdf> 

*         Norway <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/32/35626120.pdf> 

*         Poland <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/46/35631809.pdf> 

*         Portugal <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/34/35618945.pdf> 

*         Slovak Republic
<http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/31/35618979.pdf> 

*         Spain <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/48/35619230.pdf> 

*         Sweden <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/33/35618957.pdf> 

 



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