In Italy, several of the OECD’s set of health care quality indicators are well above the OECD average. Figure 1.2, which shows admission-based acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 30 day in hospital mortality, places Italy above the OECD average, with an AMI 30 day in-hospital mortality rate below Switzerland, France or the Netherlands. On for example hospital admission rates for asthma, Italy reports the lowest age-sex standardised rate at 11.4 per 100 000 population, compared to an average rate of 45.6 per 100 000 population across OECD countries.