Accessibility, responsiveness and quality of healthcare

Although most OECD countries have achieved universal (or near universal) coverage for a core set of health services, including consultations with doctors and hospital care, issues affordability accessibility still hinder the use services. Access to medical care requires enough doctors, equitably distributed across country. An under-supply can lead longer waiting times or patients having travel far access services (OECD, 2021). The number per person varies substantially countries. On average, in 2021, there were almost 4 active physicians 1 000 people 30 comparable data. This ranged from just over 2.5 Mexico, Korea, Japan United States 5 Austria Norway (Figure ).