Health at a Glance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

OECD.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, author, issuing body.

Contributor:

Organization, World Health.

Series:

Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Health at a Glance

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, 2022.

Summary:

This seventh edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health-care resources and utilisation, health-care expenditure and financing, and quality of care across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories. It also provides a series of dashboards to compare performance across countries and territories, and a thematic analysis on the health impact of COVID-19.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Lessons learned across Asia-Pacific during the pandemic

How to prepare for the future

Reader's guide

Structure of the publication

Asia-Pacific countries and territories

Selection and presentation of indicators

Averages

Country and territory ISO codes, GNI per capita and classification by income level

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Life expectancy decreased by 1 year during the COVID-19 pandemic and maternal mortality ratio is still twice the Sustainable Development Goal target in lower-middle and low-income countries in the region

Almost half of total health spending came from payments made by households out-of-pocket in lower-middle and low-income countries

1 Country and territory dashboards

Health status

Risk factors

Quality of care

Health care resources

2 The health impact of COVID-19

The direct impact of COVID-19

Vaccines have reduced the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19

A high number of excess deaths was estimated for India and Indonesia

Life expectancy remained stable in all Asian Pacific countries between 2019 and in 2020, while it decreased by almost one year in lower-middle- and low-income countries between 2020 and 2021

COVID-19 has disproportionately hit vulnerable populations

The mental health impact of the pandemic has been enormous

Disruptions of health services during the pandemic

Generally decreased routine vaccination rates

Cancer screening was disrupted in some countries in the Asia-Pacific region

Delayed and missed care for chronic conditions has been associated with worse health outcomes

Countries responded differently to the pandemic based on the pandemic situations and national capabilities and contexts.

The rapid development of remote consultations has offset at least partly the reduction of in-person encounters with GPs and specialists

An expanded role of community health workers and general practitioners

Conclusions

References

Note

3 Health status

Life expectancy at birth and survival rate to age 65

Neonatal mortality

Infant mortality

Under age 5 mortality

Mortality from all causes

Mortality from cardiovascular disease

Mortality from cancer

Mortality from injuries

Maternal mortality

Tuberculosis

HIV/AIDS

Malaria

Diabetes

Ageing

4 Determinants of health

Family planning

Infant and young child feeding

Child malnutrition (including undernutrition and overweight)

Water and sanitation

Tobacco

5 Health care resources and utilisation

Doctors and nurses

Consultations with doctors

Medical technologies

Hospital care

Pregnancy and birth

Infant and child health

Mental health care

Access to health care

6 Health expenditure and financing

Health expenditure per capita and in relation to GDP

Financing of health care from government and compulsory health insurance schemes

Financing of health care from households' out-of-pocket payments and voluntary payment schemes

Health expenditure by type of service

7 Quality of care

Childhood vaccination

In-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction and stroke.

References

Screening, survival and mortality for breast cancer

Vaccination, survival and mortality for cervical cancer

Survival for other cancers

Annex A. National data sources

Bangladesh

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

China

Hong Kong (China)

Macau (China)

Malaysia

Myanmar

Nepal

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Annex B. Additional information on demographic and economic context.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-64-39628-4

92-64-70834-0