[afro-nets] Handbook of International Health Economic Statistics

["Claudio Schuftan" <cschuftan@phmovement.org>]

Cross-posted from: EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org

  World in Your Pocket: A Handbook of International Health Economic Statistics 

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) - Alberta Canada - 2007

Available online PDF [60p.] at:
http://www.ihe.ca/documents/ihe/publications/reports/IHE_Report_World_in_Your_Pocket_International_Health_Economic_Statistics_2007.pdf

"…..designed to be an easy and portable international reference guide to indicators of health care and health economics. We define "economic" broadly to include both means (personal and formal resources) and ends (health outcomes).

"….includes the most current available data, presented in separate sections on health status, health care costs, health resources, health resource utilization and health system performance. The basic unit of observation is the individual country. Indicators are reported at the international level.

Table of Contents

Health Status

HALE
Life Expectancy at Birth
Infant Mortality
Population Reporting Good or Better Health
Physical Activity
Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables
Percentage of Population Who Smoke Daily
Prevalence of Obesity

Costs 

Health Care Expenditure per Capita
Health Care Expenditure as % of GDP
Pharmaceutical Expenditure
Family Physician Salaries
Specialist Physician Salaries
Per Person Spending by Age
Per Person Spending by Service Catagory and Age
Elderly Dependency Ratio
Cost at End of Life
Total Health Care Cost in Alberta

Health Resources

Number of Physicians
Number of Nurses
Number of Pharmacists
Number of Dentists
Number of CT Imaging Scanners
Number of MRI Imaging Scanners
Number of Hospital Beds

Health Resource Utilization

Average Length of Stay in Hospital
Hospital Discharge Rate

Health System Performance

Unemployment Rate
Public Satisfaction in Health Care
Median Waiting Times
Health Expenditure and Life Expectancy
Health Expenditure and Infant Mortality

QALY League Tables

Cataract Surgery
Organ Transplantation
Hip Replacement
Vaccination

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Mrs. Ana Lucia Ruggiero (WDC) 
mailto:ruglucia@paho.org