The State of Health in the EU cycle is a two-year process initiated by the European Commission, designed to improve country-specific and EU-wide knowledge in the field of health.
Experts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Observatory) prepared a set of 29 Country Health Profiles, covering all EU Member States, Iceland and Norway.
The State of Health in the EU’s Country Health Profiles are designed to be a one-stop-shop for knowledge and information on a country’s health system, put into the perspective of a cross-EU comparison. The Country Health Profiles are a comprehensive resource covering each country’s latest health policy challenges and developments.
Each Country Health Profile provides:
- a short synthesis of the health status in the country
- the determinants of health (focusing on behavioural risk factors)
- an account of the organisation of the health system
- an analysis of each health system’s effectiveness, accessibility and resilience.