Table 3. Constituent Categories¹ of OECD Health Expenditure Accounts.

Personal Health Inpatient Care Acute Hospital Care Psychiatric Hospitals Other Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Home Care Patient Transport Ambulatory Care Physician Services Dental Services Other Professional Health Services Services by Hospital Outpatient Departments Medical Goods Pharmaceuticals Therapeutic Appliances Other Health Expenditures Investment on Medical Facilities Health Administration Biomedical Research and Development Child and Maternity Services Promotion and Preventive Services Environmental Health Food and Hygiene Community Health Health Education Industrial Medical Care Armed Forces Health Services School Health Services Prison Health Services

¹Highest level of aggregation.

NOTE: OECD is Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

SOURCE: (Berman, P., 1997.)