Does Healthcare Deliver?

Abstract

In all OECD countries and beyond, healthcare systems are under unprecedented pressure to strengthen their resilience. This follows the dramatic impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic, and the need to address new demands coming from the demographic transition and technological change. To effectively respond to this pressure, policy makers need the best possible array of information and data. Much progress has already been made through harmonised OECD statistics to collect granular information on health spending and financing, on outcomes based on conventional metrics, such as mortality and morbidity rates, on clinical quality and safety of care, and on inputs such as number of doctors, nurses, hospital beds and other resources available.