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Start with these files — they give you everything you need to understand and access the dataset.
- 1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
- 2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
- 3. Read README.md for full context
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Schema
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| LOCATION | string | Country code |
| TIME | year | Date in the form of %Y |
| PC_HEALTHXP | number | % of Health spending |
| PC_GDP | number | % of GDP |
| USD_CAP | number | in USD per capita (using economy-wide PPPs) |
| TOTAL_SPEND | number | Total spending in millions |
Data Files
| File | Description | Size | Last modified | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
data | 51.2 kB | about 1 month ago | data |
| Files | Size | Format | Created | Updated | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51.2 kB | csv | 21 days ago | Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) | Pharmaceutical Drug Spending from Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
Pharmaceutical Drug Spending by countries with indicators such as a share of total health spending, in USD per capita (using economy-wide PPPs) and as a share of GDP. Plus, total spending by each countries in the specific year.
Data
Data comes from Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on https://data.oecd.org/healthres/pharmaceutical-spending.htm
It consists of useful information about percent of health spending, percent of GDP and US dollars per capita for specific countries. Also, we added total spending by countries using their population data.
Population data comes from DataHub http://datahub.io/core/population since it is regularly updated and includes all country codes.
Preparation
There are several steps have been done to get final data.
- We extracted separately each resource by "percent of health spending", "percent of GDP" and "US dollars per capita"
- We merged them into one resource and added new column "TOTAL_SPEND"
"TOTAL_SPEND" is calculated using "US dollars per capita" and "population" data. Source for original pharmacy drug spending: https://stats.oecd.org/sdmx-json/data/DP_LIVE/.PHARMAEXP…/OECD?contentType=csv&detail=code&separator=comma&csv-lang=en.
Process is recorded and automated in python script:
# to get population.csv
python scripts/population.py
# to get final data.csv
python scripts/process.py
License
Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)