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Health at a Glance 2023

OECD Indicators

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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.

English Also available in: French

Safe prescribing in primary care

Safe prescribing of medicines can be used as an indicator of healthcare quality, complementing information on consumption and expenditure on pharmaceuticals (see Chapter 9). The overuse, underuse or misuse of prescription medicines can lead to serious consequences for the health of the patient and wasteful expenditure. This is the case for opioids and antibiotics, for example.

English Also available in: French

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