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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the classification of healthcare systems

From: Valuating the efficiency of social security and healthcare in OECD countries from a sustainable development

Independent variable

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

NHI

NHS

NHI

NHS

NHI

NHS

NHI

NHS

Social security

Input

Insured by government social health insurance (1000 people)

148,762.11

23,758.95

494,829.28

29,314.17

324.00

602.00

2,023,825.00

80,189.10

Net social protection expenditure (million EUR)

139,556.12

158,257.26

213,154.36

240,929.49

2,434.37

5,311.53

749,292.40

879,550.55

Output

Net social protection benefits (million EUR)

133,381.51

151,330.56

203,507.03

229,647.35

2,409.32

4,991.60

695,663.25

839,259.82

Treatable and preventable mortality (%)

284.24

87.55

106.54

121.49

161.38

175.07

581.64

579.86

Links

Social protection expenditure per inhabitant (eur)

8350.59

9185.65

5564.75

6224.23

1660.53

1102.15

20,550.69

20,844.65

Healthcare

Input

Physicians (persons)

55,464.35

80,504.96

58,848.15

107,707.08

1168.00

1537.00

351,195.00

351,195.00

Healthcare expenditure (million EUR)

52,736.31

68,157.55

77,824.86

97,701.23

991.93

2146.52

369,091.00

369,091.00

Output

Maternal mortality (per 100,000 maternal)

6.90

7.33

6.96

7.01

1.30

1.20

55.20

32.40

Undesirable

Hospital discharges (per 100,000 inhabitant)

15,797.54

17,051.98

3,017.27

4,437.94

8,453.10

9,247.10

20,627.40

25,685.90

Deaths (persons)

159,735.35

217,590.76

189,932.73

288,096.46

2,049.00

3,822.00

606,410.00

932,272.00

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Live births (persons)

148,762.11

276,292.47

250,938.52

398,589.42

4,034.00

6,050.00

819,328.00

1,337,504.00

Carry-over

Population (persons)

139,556.12

24,297,549.47

21,012,634.55

30,904,754.48

321,857.00

537,039.00

66,809,816.00

82,521,653.00

  1. Source: Eurostat and OECD databases