Activity based payment in hospitals: Evaluation
Payment pilots in primary care group practices
National Policy for Professional Skill Mix
Aggregate Indicators
Human Development Index Rank
16
WHO Health System Performance Rank, estimates for 1997 (World Health Report 2000)
1
Demographic and Health Indicators
Population size in 2004
60.4 Mio
Percentage of population over 65 years in 2004
16.6 %
Percentage of population over 80 in 1990 and 2003
3.7 / 4.3 %
Crude birth rate in 2004
12.7 per 1000 people
Population growth rate 2005
0.6 %
Population living in urban areas 2005
76.52 %
Life Expectancy
At birth (2004), m/f
76.7 / 83.3 years
At age 65 (2002)
17.1 / 25.7 years
At age 80 (2002)
7.8 / 9.7 years
Main causes of mortality
Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (2002), m/f
6.7 / 8.8 years
Total National Expenditure on Health
As share of GDP in 2004
10.5 %
Purchasing power parity per capita in 2003
3048 US$ PPP
Percentage of Total Expenditure on Health (Distribution of Funding Sources)
Public expenditure on health in 2004
78.4 %
Social security schemes expenditure in 2004
75 %
General government expenditure excluding social security in 2004
3.3 %
Private expenditure in 2004
21.6 %
Private insurance expenditure in 2004
12.4 %
Out-of-pocket expenditure in 2004
All other private funds expenditure in 2004
1.7 %
Per Capita Expenditure
Expenditure on in-patient care per capita, PPP in 2002
1001 US$ PPP
Expenditure on out-patient care per capita, PPP in 2002
618 US$ PPP
Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita, PPP in 2003
665 US$ PPP
Health Infrastructure
In-patient care beds per 1000 inhabitants in 2003
7.7 per 1000 people
Average length of stay in beddays in 2002
13.4 beddays
Practising physicians per 1000 inhabitants in 2003
3.4 per 1000 people
Doctors’ consultations per capita in 2003
6.7 per capita
OECD Long-Term Care Statistics
Estimated public spending on long-term care as % of GDP from 1992 to 1995
0.5 %
Percentage of Elderly Population Receiving Help
Percentage of population aged 65 and over cared for in institutions
6.5 %
Percentage of population aged 65 receiving formal help at home
6.1 %
