The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons. Each Country Health Profile provides a short synthesis of:
- health status
- risk factors
- the organisation of the health system
- the effectiveness, accessibility and resilience of the health system
The Country Health Profiles are an important step in the European Commission’s State of Health in the EU cycle and are the joint work of the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, in cooperation with the European Commission. They are released once every two years, alternating with the release of Health at a Glance: Europe.
This is the second series of biennial country health profiles, published on 28 November 2019.