OECD says further progress is needed in Hungary

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) continues to bring bad news about the health status of the Hungarian population.

The Hungarian Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM) believes that the key to progress could be the steady cooperation of all actors in the health sector.

Original article stated that “the average healthcare spending per capita in the OECD countries is $4,003 – Hungary spends half of this, $2101.

The Paris-based organization published its data on November 10, focusing on the life expectancy at birth, the healthcare spending per capita, and the leading causes of death, wrote the online news magazine, hvg.hu. In Spain, life expectancy at birth increased to 83 years, getting them second place behind Japan (83.9 years) among the countries examined. The OECD average is 80.6 years; in Hungary, this number is 75.7 years. Only Mexico, Brazil, Latvia, Lithuania, Columbia, Russia, Indonesia, India and South Africa are behind us on the list, with the African country presenting a life expectancy at birth of only 57.4 years.

The research examined the amounts of the healthcare spending per capita (in US $ looking at the year 2016); the USA leads the way (with $9,892/person/year), the OECD average is $4,003, and Hungary spends half of this, $2,101, which is about 562,000 forints.