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Overview

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨and Statistics Canada worked together to develop the Canadian segment of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Database. Its purpose is to collect and process a consistent series of internationally comparable data for close to 1,200 variables.

The is used to support policy planning, decision-making and research, and facilitates international comparative reporting.

Data source

Most Canadian data originates from databases maintained by ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨and Statistics Canada, including

• CIHI's health expenditures, health services and health professionals databases
• Statistic Canada's demographic and vital statistics databases

Data from additional sources has also been collected.

Data coverage

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨submits data to the OECD that pertains to

• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care resources
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care utilization
• Expenditure on health
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care financing
• Social protection
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ workforce migration
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care quality indicators
• Pharmaceutical market

Data is included for all of Canada, without any breakdown by region or province.

Data availability

OECD ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Database (Canadian segment) data on health expenditure and financing is available for the following years:

• Most recent year: 2023
• Next release: 2025 (June)
• Historical data: 1960 to 2022

Data for other variables is generally available up to 2022.

Classifications

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨submits data to the OECD annually to update Canada-specific segments of the database.

For many variables, the data is reported according to the following international classifications:

• The International Classification of ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Accounts is used to report health expenditure and financing, and the number of inpatient facilities and their beds.
• The International Standard Classification of Occupations is used to report health employment.
• The International Shortlist for Hospital Morbidity Tabulation is used to report hospital discharges and average length of stay by diagnostic categories.
• ICD-9-CM is used to report surgical procedures.
• The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system of the World ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics and Methodology is used to report pharmaceutical consumption and sales.

Data elements

The OECD ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Database is divided into 12 sections:

• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ status
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care resources
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care utilization
• Long-term care resources and utilization
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ expenditure and financing
• Social protection
• Pharmaceutical market
• Non-medical determinants of health
• Demographic references
• Economic references
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ workforce migration
• ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ care quality indicators

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Data quality

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ensures that the quality of the information in our data holdings is suited to its intended uses and that data users are provided with accurate information about data quality. Read more about our Data and Information Quality Program.

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