Geographical Locations - Andorra

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 502
• CIA World Factbook - Andorra

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Andorra
  - WHO - Tobacco control: country profile - Andorra
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Andorra
• WHO - Regional Office for Europe (EURO) in Copenhagen (Denmark)

Government

• Ministry of Health and Welfare

Non-Government

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Health Care Systems in Transition: Andorra
  "In spite of Andorra’s small size, it has historically had a rather decentralized health care system. This tradition was partly a response to the difficulty of communication among the various valleys and parishes of this mountainous country. During recent decades, however, the country has been moving in the direction of a more centralized system as a result of improved communications and the perceived need to develop a more comprehensive, coordinated approach to health care… In 1999, tumours, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases were the most common causes of mortality, respectively representing 30.3%, 25.3% and 8.0% of the total deaths. External factors are the primary cause of death for males 15–44 years old and for females 15–34 years old. Car accidents due to alcohol consumption decreased from 79 in 1995 to 68 in 1997, and the total number of deaths caused by traffic accidents decreased from 10 to 3. More than half of women interviewed stated that they never drink alcohol, while that percentage was 22% for men. Tobacco consumption is slightly higher, with approximately 36% of those surveyed claiming to be daily smokers (43.7% males, 28.0% females). The highest percentage of smokers is in the 30–44 age group… On 23 December 1986, a law was passed to create the Andorran National Health Service, SAAS. This law stated that SAAS would be an autonomous public institution responsible for the administration and management of all public resources devoted to health care. The main goals of SAAS are: to promote more efficient use of public and private resources devoted to health maintenance; to provide individual and collective health care services to residents and transients; to organize preventive, curative and rehabilitative services; to integrate all public health care resources in one single administrative and functional organism; and to ensure health care quality and control expenses." [WHO Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2004]
• Prevalence of urinary incontinence in Andorra: impact on women's health
  This 2003 article, by Mercè Avellanet, Meritxell Fiter, Eva Cirera, and Margarida Coll, discusses urinary incontinence (UI). UI "is a frequent public health problem with negative social consequences, particularly for women. Female susceptibility is the result of anatomical, social, economic and cultural factors. The main objectives of this study are to evaluate the prevalence of UI in the female population of Andorra over the age of 15 and, specifically, to determine the influence of socio-demographic factors. A secondary aim of the study is to measure the degree of concern associated with UI and whether the involved subjects have asked for medical assistance, or not". [author abstract]

Educational Resources

• CDC - Travel Information : Western Europe