Table 2 Classification of the indicators used and their descriptive statistical characteristics
From: Health system efficiency in OECD countries: dynamic network DEA approach
| Â | 2000 | 2008 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicator | Definition | Avg / Min / Max | Avg / Min / Max | Avg / Min / Max |
Public health sub-division | ||||
 Inputs | ||||
  Alcohol consumption | Annual alcohol consumption in litres per capita aged 15 years and older | 9.5 / 1.5 / 14.2 | 9.7 / 1.5 / 14.2 | 8.9 / 1.3 / 13.2 |
  Tobacco consumption | Annual consumption in grams of tobacco products (e.g. cigarettes, cigars, ...) per capita aged 15 years and over | 26.1 / 12.4 / 35.0 | 22.1 / 10.8 / 39.7 | 18.6 / 7.6 / 27.3 |
 Output | ||||
  Health-adjusted life expectancy | The average number of years that a person is expected to live in good health by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury | 68.0 / 60.6 / 72.5 | 70.1 / 64.4 / 73.8 | 71.1 / 66.0 / 74.8 |
 Links to medical care sub-division | ||||
  Immunisation | Percentage of children under 1 year of age who were vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough in that year | 92.9 / 78.0 / 99.0 | 95.2 / 80.0 / 99.0 | 95.4 / 87.0 / 99.0 |
  Breast cancer screening | Number of women aged 50–69 years who have undergone mammography in the last 2 years / number of women aged 50–69 years who answered survey questions | 51.7 / 0.9 / 88.1 | 57.6 / 9.6 / 89.7 | 60.2 / 18.1 / 90.4 |
  Cervical cancer screening | Number of women aged 20–69 years examined in the last 3 years / number of women aged 20–69 years who answered survey questions | 56.1 / 6.3 / 90.6 | 59.9 / 14.9 / 85.9 | 61.9 / 18.2 / 86.6 |
 Carry-over | ||||
  Infant mortality | Number of deaths of children under 1 year of age, calculated per 1000 births | 6.8 / 3.0 / 28.4 | 4.6 / 1.8 / 15.7 | 3.9 / 0.7 / 12.1 |
Medical care sub-division | ||||
 Inputs | ||||
  Medical technology | Number of computer tomography devices per 1000,000 inhabitants | 16.1 / 2.5 / 92.6 | 21.2 / 4.0 / 97.0 | 25.9 / 6.1 / 107.2 |
  Employment in healthcare | Total number of doctors and nurses in health care calculated per 1000 inhabitants | 10.0 / 2.3 / 16.7 | 11.3 / 2.7 / 18.5 | 12.5 / 3.8 / 22.0 |
 Outputs | ||||
  Inpatient discharges | The average number of hospital discharges per 100,000 population for all diagnostic diseases | 15,982.3 / 4016.6 / 25,933.3 | 16,105.1 / 4603.5 / 28,114.5 | 15,816.7 / 4617.2 / 25,685.9 |
  Consultations | Average number of consultations per physician per capita | 6.2 / 2.4 / 14.8 | 6.5 / 2.8 / 13.2 | 6.8 / 2.8 / 17.0 |
 Carry-over | ||||
  Incidence of cancer | New cancer cases recalculated to 100,000 inhabitants | 277.9 / 91.0 / 420.0 | 259.9 / 128.4 / 321.1 | 269.3 / 131.5 / 338.1 |