Drug preference policy
Towards patient oriented funding of chronic care
Health care reform - more evaluation results
Aggregate Indicators
Human Development Index Rank
7
WHO Health System Performance Rank, estimates for 1997 (World Health Report 2000)
17
Demographic and Health Indicators
Population size in 2009
16.5 Mio
Percentage of population over 65 years in 2009
15 %
Percentage of population over 80 in 1990, 2000 and 2009
2.9 / 3.2 / 3.9 %
Crude birth rate in 2007
11.1 per 1000 people
Population growth rate 2009
0.5 %
Population living in urban areas 2009
82.4 %
Life Expectancy
At birth (2007), m/f
78.0 / 82.3 years
At age 65 (2007)
17.0 / 20.5 years
At age 80 (2006)
7.1 / 8.9 years
Main causes of mortality
Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (2002), m/f
6.3 / 8.5 years
Total National Expenditure on Health
As share of GDP in 2008
9.1 %
Purchasing power parity per capita in 2008
3749 US$ int. PPP
Percentage of Total Expenditure on Health (Distribution of Funding Sources)
Public expenditure on health in 2007
82.0 %
Social security schemes expenditure in 2008
70.2 %
General government spending on health in 2007
4.9 %
Private expenditure in 2007
16.5 %
Private insurance expenditure in 2007
5.7 %
Out-of-pocket expenditure in 2007
All other private funds expenditure in 2004
6 %
Per Capita Expenditure
Expenditure on in-patient care per capita, PPP in 2007
Expenditure on out-patient care per capita, PPP in 2007
Expenditure on pharmaceuticals per capita, PPP in 2007
Health Infrastructure
In-patient care beds per 1000 inhabitants in 2007
4.3
Average length of stay in beddays in 2007
Practising physicians per 1000 inhabitants in 2007
Doctors? consultations per capita in 2007
5.7 per capita
OECD Long-Term Care Statistics
Public spending on long-term care as % of total health expenditure in 2008
35.2 %
Percentage of Elderly Population Receiving Help
Percentage of population aged 65 and over cared for in institutions in 2008
6.7 %
Percentage of population aged 65 receiving formal help at home in 2008
12.9 %
