Health at a Glance 2023
OECD Indicators
Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. These cover health status, risk factors for health, access to and quality of healthcare, and health system resources. Analysis draws from the latest comparable official national statistics and other sources.
Alongside indicator-by-indicator analysis, an overview chapter summarises the comparative performance of countries and major trends. This edition also has a special focus on digital health, which measures the digital readiness of OECD countries’ health systems, and outlines what countries need to do accelerate the digital health transformation.
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Pharmacists and pharmacies
Pharmacists are highly trained healthcare professionals whose key role is managing the distribution of medicines to consumers/patients and supporting their safe and efficacious use. Between 2011 and 2021, the number of practising pharmacists per capita increased in OECD countries by 20% on average, to 85 pharmacists per 100 000 inhabitants (Figure 9.4). However, the density of pharmacists varied widely across OECD countries, ranging from a low of 19 per 100 000 in Colombia to 199 per 100 000 in Japan. Among OECD countries, the highest growth rates in pharmacist density between 2011 and 2021 were observed in Chile and Colombia.
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