Doctors are defined as "practising" doctors providing direct care to patients. However for some countries (Canada, France, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Turkey), due to lack of comparable data, the figures correspond to "professionally active" doctors, including doctors working in the health...

This indicator presents data on the number of consultations patients have with doctors in a given year. Consultations with doctors can take place in doctors’ offices or clinics, in hospital outpatient departments or, in some cases, in patients’ own homes. Consultations with doctors refer to...

"Provides a systematic description of the financial flows related to the consumption of health care goods and services. As demands for information increase and more countries implement and institutionalize health accounts according to the system, the data produced are expected to be more...

Gesundheitsausgaben steigen weiterhin exorbitant an und wachsen weitaus mehr als die Wirtschaft in den meisten OECD-Ländern. Nach der Wirtschaftskrise suchen die Länder nach Möglichkeiten, die Kosten zu senken und die Effizienz der Gesundheitsversorgung zu erhöhen. Die Studie zeigt aktuelle...