Health
We help countries achieve high-performing health systems by measuring health outcomes & the use of health system resources as well as by analysing policies that improve access, efficiency & quality of health care.
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Telemedicine. See latest analysis...
Health at a Glance: Europe 2022. See new analysis here...
High Level Meeting on Safe International Travel (7-8 July 2022, Ibiza)
The COVID-19 pandemic underlines the need to strengthen the resilience of health systems. Learn more from OECD's Health at a Glance 2021...
How have European countries responded to COVID-19? What other health challenges are they facing? See analysis on the state of health in the EU...
Development Co-operation: Learning from Crises, Building Resilience
Tackling obesity would boost economic and social well-being. Learn more...
Long-term care: A comprehensive cross-country assessment of LTC workers, the tasks they perform and the policies to address shortages in OECD countries. Find out more...
Putting people at the centre: Introducing PaRIS, the Patient-Reported Indicators Survey
Pharmaceuticals: How can we make drugs affordable to all patients who need them?
COVID-19 crisis: Latest
Our areas of work
- Ageing and long-term care
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Digital health
- Financial sustainability of health systems
- Health data governance
- Health inequalities and inclusive growth
- Health expenditure
- Health workforce
- Mental health
- PaRIS: Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys
- Pharmaceuticals and new technologies
- Primary care
- Public health (e.g. Obesity, Alcohol)
- Quality of care
- Resilience
- Universal health coverage
Data
Find a wide range of health data and compare how countries are doing.
Note: There may be differences in the notion of intensive care affecting the comparability of the data.
Source and definition by country: Refer to the OECD Policy Brief on The Policy Response to the Covid-19 Crisis.
Join the conversation
What's new?
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Telemedicine
- Health at a Glance: Europe 2022
- Primary Health Care for Resilient Health Systems in Latin America
- Promoting Health and Well-being at Work
- Understanding differences in health expenditure between the United States and OECD countries
- OECD Health Statistics 2022
