OECD Health at a Glance 2023 Country Note

Israel
Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This
Country Note shows how Israel compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.

How does Israel perform overall?

This section shows key indicators, and also how often Israel is above the OECD average on relevant indicators (where data are
available for Israel).

Health status
Key indicators:
Life expectancy was 82.6 years, 2.3 years above the OECD average. Israel perfoms better
Preventable mortality was 83 per 100,000 (lower than the OECD average of than the OECD average
158); with treatable mortality at 58 per 100,000 (lower than the OECD average on 81% of indicators
of 79). 10.9% of people rated their health as bad or very bad (OECD average
7.9%). Diabetes prevalence was higher than the OECD average. (Based on 16 indicators, data
missing for 3 indicators)

Risk factors
Key indicators:
Smoking prevalence, at 16.4%, was close to the OECD average of 16.0%. Israel perfoms better
Alcohol consumption was lower than the OECD average; at 3.1 litres per capita than the OECD average
versus 8.6. Obesity prevalence was 17.0%, close to the OECD average of on 78% of indicators
18.4%. There were 26.8 deaths from air pollution per 100,000 population
(OECD average 28.9). (Based on 9 indicators, data missing
for 4 indicators)

Quality of care
Key indicators:
Acute care: 30-day mortality after stroke was 5.4% (OECD average 7.8%), and Israel perfoms better
5.2% after AMI (OECD average 6.8%). Primary care: There were 440 avoidable than the OECD average
admissions per 100,000 population, similar to the OECD average of 463. Safe on 59% of indicators
prescribing: Israel prescribed more antibiotics than on average in the OECD.
Preventive care: 72% of women were screened for breast cancer, more than (Based on 29 indicators, data
the OECD average of 55%. missing for 4 indicators)

Access to care
Key indicators:
All of the population is covered for a core set of services. 69% of people were Israel perfoms better
satisfied with the availability of quality healthcare (OECD average 67%). than the OECD average
Financial coverage, with 68% of spending covered by mandatory prepayment, on 67% of indicators
was lower than the OECD average of 76%. Out-of-pocket spending, at 20% of
health expenditure, was higher than the OECD average of 18%. No comparable (Based on 12 indicators, data
data is available on unmet needs. missing for 6 indicators)

Health system resources

Key indicators:
Israel spends $3444 per capita on health, less than the OECD average of Israel is above the OECD
$4986 (USD PPP). This is equal to 7.4% of GDP, compared to 9.2% on average average on 15% of
in the OECD. There are 3.4 practising doctors per 1,000 population (OECD indicators
average 3.7); and 5.4 practising nurses (OECD average 9.2). Israel has 2.9
hospital beds per 1,000 population, less than the OECD average of 4.3. (Based on 26 indicators, data
missing for 6 indicators)
Note: Overall comparisons of health status, risk factors, access, quality and resources are unweighted and therefore not measures of performance; OECD averages for quality of care are based on
Chapter 1 (and differ slightly from averages in Chapter 6 due to differences in country coverage)

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On which indicators does Israel perfom well or badly?
The graphs below show selected indicators from Health at a Glance 2023 where the performance of Israel deviates
markedly from the OECD on average. For more details on the data presented, please refer to the full report, using
the graph references provided (e.g. g5.1).

Israel: Better Worse Higher Lower OECD average Other OECD countries

Health status

Life expectancy (g3.1) 73.1 80.3 82.6 84.5

Preventable mortality rate (g3.8) 83.0 158.1 435.0

Maternal mortality rate (g3.17) 1.7 2.8 10.9 74.8

Diabetes prevalence (g3.16) 3.0 7.0 8.5 16.9

Risk factors
Alcohol consumption (g4.4) 1.4 3.1 8.6 12.2

Vaping prevalence (g4.3) 0.7 1.5 3.2 10.4

Opioid mortality rate (g4.6) 0.7 5.1 29.7 223.1

Cocaine use prevalence (g4.8) 0.1 0.2 1.2 4.2

Quality of care
PREMs: enough time with patient (g6.14) 42.1 82.2 96.6

Children vaccinated for measles (g6.1) 71.0 92.8 98.8 99.8

Adverse outcome within one year: CHF (g6.34) 32.3 57.3 70.2

Amputation among diabetics (g6.13) 0.6 7.5 16.8 33.4

Access to care
Expenditure by compulsory prepayment (%) (g1.4) 50.2 68.2 75.9 86.4

Searching health information online (g5.15) 36.6 59.5 66.9 80.5

Providers using EMRs (g5.14) 30.0 92.8 100.0

Unmet LTC needs (g10.14) 26.9 50.1 70.3

Health system resources

Expenditure as % of GDP (g7.1) 4.3 7.4 9.2 16.6

Medical graduates (g8.20) 6.8 14.2 27.3

Share of female doctors (g8.7) 22.7 41.5 50.0 74.2

Practising nurses per 1 000 (g8.13) 1.6 5.4 9.2 18.9

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