Classification of Oecd Countries in Terms of Medical Resources and Usage with Hierarchical Clustering Analysis

Medical resources and usage data collected regularly could be considered a major benchmark for countries. We aimed to classify the Organisation Economic Co-operation Development(OECD) member countries using World Bank in terms of medical usage. This is cross - sectional study. The between 2010-2015 were evaluated. Among 36 OECD countries, 13 them that lacked couldn’t included Hierarchical clustering analysis was used grouping with similar Although there are various methods hierarchical analysis, Ward method, has been used. Square Euclidean distance obtain clusters by method. Pearson correlation evaluate relationship variables. resulted 4 selected 23 It found Turkey first cluster together Israel, Spain, Greece Mexico. heterogeneous among may have produced financial disparities results expected provide helpful insight on comparison health status.