Health at a Glance

This eighth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status the determinants of health health care resources and utilisation health care expenditure and financing and quality of care across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories. It also provides a series of dashboards to compare performance across countries and territories and a thematic analysis on the burden of mental health and neurological conditions in the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing on a wide range of data sources it gives readers a clear understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations and the performance of health systems in these countries and territories. Each of the indicators is presented in a user-friendly format consisting of charts illustrating variations across countries and territories and over time brief descriptive analyses highlighting the major findings conveyed by the data and a methodological box on the definition of the indicators and any limitations in data comparability. An annex provides additional information on the demographic and economic context in which health systems operate.