Health at a Glance: Europe 2010

Abstract

Health at a Glance: Europe 2010 presents evidence of wide variations across European countries in population health status, risk factors for health, the inputs, outputs and outcomes of health care systems, and levels of health expenditure and financing sources. It offers some explanation for these variations, providing a background to understand more fully the causes underlying such variations and to develop policy options to reduce gaps across countries. It should also be noted that while basic population breakdowns by sex and age are presented, this publication does not generally provide detail by sub-national regions, by socio-economic groups or by ethnic/racial groups. For many indicators, readers should keep in mind that there may be as much variation within a country as there is across countries.