Table 2.
Primary Care System and Practice Scores for OECD Countries
| 1975 | 1985 | 1995 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Score | Country | Score | Country | Score |
| Countries Scoring above Mean | |||||
| Denmark | 18 | Denmark | 18 | U.K. | 19 |
| U.K. | 17 | U.K. | 17 | Denmark | 18 |
| Netherlands | 14 | Netherlands | 15 | Spain | 16.5 |
| Norway | 13 | Italy | 13.5 | Netherlands | 15 |
| Australia | 12 | Australia | 13 | Italy | 14 |
| Spain | 11 | Norway | 13 | Finland | 14 |
| Italy | 10.5 | Spain | 11 | Norway | 13 |
| Finland | 10 | Finland | 10.5 | Australia | 13 |
| Sweden | 9.5 | Canada | 10.5 | Canada | 11.5 |
| Canada | 8 | Sweden | 9.5 | Sweden | 11 |
| Countries Scoring below Mean | |||||
| Japan | 7.5 | Japan | 7.5 | Japan | 7.5 |
| Portugal | 6 | Portugal | 7 | Portugal | 7 |
| Greece | 4 | Germany | 4 | Belgium | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | Belgium | 4 | Greece | 4 |
| Germany | 4 | Greece | 4 | U.S.A. | 3 |
| Switzerland | 2.5 | Switzerland | 2.5 | Germany | 3 |
| France | 2 | France | 2 | Switzerland | 2.5 |
| U.S.A. | 1 | U.S.A. | 1 | France | 2 |
| Summary Statistics by Decade | |||||
| Observations | 18 | 18 | 18 | ||
| Mean | 8.85 | 9.27 | 9.65 | ||
| Std. Dev. | 5.01 | 5.26 | 5.51 | ||
Data Sources:Starfield 1998; Starfield and Shi 2002; European Health Observatory “Health Systems in Transition” publication series 1996–2001; OECD 2000, 2001; personal communications.