A 2026 analysis by Eliasz Powzun-Palczuk evaluates healthcare system performance across G20 countries and Poland using 34 standardized indicators from WHO and OECD databases. The dataset includes results from hierarchical cluster analysis, classifying countries into five tiers based on health outcomes, infrastructure, workforce capacity, and disease burden. It was published on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national healthcare performance based on multidimensional indicators described in the study
- Identifying structural patterns associated with high-performing systems based on the cluster analysis results
- Analyzing the relationship between GDP per capita and health outcomes as discussed in the results
- Evaluating implications for U.S. health system reform based on the institutional characteristics of top-tier countries
Strengths
- Analysis based on 34 standardized indicators from WHO and OECD sources
- Results include hierarchical cluster analysis validated using Ward's method
- Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- The dataset is very small (15.5 KB), indicating limited scope
Provenance
- Source
- WHO, OECD, and national databases
- Collection Method
- Z-score normalization and hierarchical cluster analysis using Ward's method
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-10 06:02:03
- Geography
- G20 countries and Poland