Table 3.
Demographic and healthcare system indicators in the 5-COOP study participating countries
| Japan | France | Switzerland | Sweden | Denmark | Year | Source | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||||
| Proportion of country population aged ≥65 years, % | 26.0 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 19.6 | 19.0 | 2015 | 1 |
| Number aged ≥100 years, per 100 000 population | 45.5 | 31.0 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 2015 | 1 |
| Number aged ≥100 years, per 100 000 population aged ≥65 years | 174.9 | 163.8 | 108.8 | 97.7 | 105.2 | 2015 | 1 |
| Healthcare expenditure and financing | |||||||
| Total healthcare expenditure as a share of gross domestic product, % | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 2015 | 2 |
| Main financial source of basic care coverage: tax-based national healthcare system (NHS); multiple insurance schemes with automatic affiliation and wage-dependent contribution (statutory); universally mandated private insurance with free choice of insurer and community-rated premiums (mandatory) | Statutory | Statutory | Mandatory | NHS | NHS | 3 | |
| Share of total healthcare expenditure financed by household out-of-pocket payments, % | 12.9 | 9.8 | 29.1 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 2015 | 2 |
| Share of total healthcare expenditure devoted to long-term care, % | 18.3 | 14.9 | 19.5 | 26.2 | 24.5 | 2015 | 2 |
| Share of long-term care expenditure financed by household out-of-pocket payments, % | 7.2 | 22.4 | 32.8 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 2015 | 2 |
| Participation of the main financial source of basic care coverage to the costs of dental care | Co-payment of 30% | Coinsurance of 30% | Not covered* | Deductible + coinsurance of 50% | Not covered* | 3 | |
| Healthcare resources and use | |||||||
| Practising physicians, per 1000 population | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2014 | 2 |
| General practitioners, per 1000 population | n/a | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2015 | 2 |
| Practising dentists, per 1000 population | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.51 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 2014 | 2 |
| Acute care hospital beds, per 1000 population | 7.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2015 | 2 |
| Curative care, average length of stay, days | 16.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | n/a | 2015 | 2 |
| Inpatient care discharges (all hospitals and types of care), per 1000 population (total) | 124.1 | 181.9 | 171.5 | 153.2 | 147.8 | 2015 | 2 |
| Inpatient care discharges (all hospitals and types of care), per 1000 population aged ≥80 years | n/a | 419.0 | 548.2 | 638.5 | n/a | 2015 | 4 |
| Long-term care resources and use | |||||||
| Long-term care workers (total), per 100 population aged ≥65 years | 5.9 | n/a | 8.0 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 2015 | 2 |
| Long-term home care workers, per 100 population aged ≥65 years | 4.5 | n/a | 2.8 | n/a | 3.2 | 2015 | 2 |
| Long-term institutional care workers, per 100 population aged ≥65 years | 1.4 | 1.9 | 5.3 | n/a | 5.0 | 2014 | 2 |
| Beds in residential long-term care facilities, per 1000 population aged ≥65 years | 24.3 | 53.1 | 65.9 | 65.5 | 48.7† | 2015 | 2 |
| Proportion of population aged ≥65 years receiving long-term care at home, % | n/a | 6.1 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 11.6‡ | 2015 | 2 |
| Proportion of population aged ≥65 years receiving long-term care in institutions, % | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 3.9§ | 2015 | 2 |
Sources: (1) UN World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision (available from https://population.un.org/wpp/), (2) OECD Health Statistics 2018 (available from https://stats.oecd.org/), (3) OECD Health System Characteristics Survey 2016 (available from http://qdd.oecd.org/subject.aspx?Subject=hsc), (4) France: Technical Agency for Information on Hospital Care; Switzerland: Federal Statistical Office; Sweden: National Board of Health and Welfare.
*With exceptions for specific conditions.
†2011 data.
‡2012 data.
§2014 data.
5-COOP, 5-Country Oldest Old Project; n/a, not available.