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No. 111 | 19 Jun 2019 |
Health systems characteristics: A survey of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries
In 2018, the Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD launched a survey to collect information on key health systems characteristics in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. This paper presents the information provided by 21 of these... |
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No. 110 | 24 May 2019 |
Health Spending Projections to 2030
To gain a better understanding of the financial sustainability of health systems, the OECD has produced a new set of health spending projections up to 2030 for all its member countries. Estimates are produced across a range of policy situations.... |
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No. 109 | 02 Apr 2019 |
Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes
Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk factors are known to affect health and wellbeing, but may also have an impact on educational outcomes. The objective of this study was... |
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No. 108 | 28 Feb 2019 |
Trends in life expectancy in EU and other OECD countries
This paper reports on trends in life expectancy in the 28 EU countries and some other high-income OECD countries, and examines potential explanations for the slowdown in improvements in recent years. The slowdown in improvements in life expectancy... |
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No. 107 | 12 Dec 2018 |
Health literacy for people-centred care
In the 21st century care, the old paradigm “because the doctor said so” no longer holds. Individuals are now seeking ways to understand their health options and take more control over their health decisions. But this is not an easy task.... |
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No. 106 | 29 Nov 2018 |
The economics of patient safety in primary and ambulatory care
Building on published patient safety research literature, this paper aims to broaden the existing knowledge base on safety lapses occurring in primary and ambulatory care settings.The findings of this paper show that safety lapses in primary and... |
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No. 105 | 28 Jun 2018 |
Investing in medication adherence improves health outcomes and health system efficiency
Poor adherence to medications affects approximately half of the patient population, leading to severe health complications, premature deaths, and an increased use of healthcare services. The three most prevalent chronic conditions – diabetes,... |
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No. 104 | 07 Mar 2018 |
Which policies increase value for money in health care?
The incentive structures produced by different institutional arrangements in health systems are important determinants of their performance, and can explain some of the differences in cross-country performance patterns.This paper proposes an approach... |
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No. 103 | 19 Dec 2017 |
Inclusive growth and health
In response to observed growing inequalities in income and other dimensions of well-being, including health, the OECD launched an initiative on Inclusive Growth in 2012. The objective was to help governments find ways to make economic growth more... |
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No. 102 | 19 Dec 2017 |
Measuring patient experiences (PREMS)
The OECD has been leading the work on international comparisons of patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) across its member states for over a decade. This paper synthesises national developments in relation to measuring and monitoring PREMs... |
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No. 101 | 15 Dec 2017 |
How much do OECD countries spend on prevention?
OECD countries face the multiple challenges of rapidly ageing societies with the associated rise in chronic diseases and the ever-present threat from new or evolving communicable diseases. This is within the context of seeking better value for money... |
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No. 100 | 11 Dec 2017 |
Diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases has increased in past decades in the OECD. These conditions have many risk factors, including poor quality diet, insufficient physical activity, and excess sedentarism. These behaviours are also at the root of... |
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No. 99 | 04 Dec 2017 |
Readiness of electronic health record systems to contribute to national health information and research
All countries are investing in the development of electronic health (clinical) records, but only some countries are moving forward the possibility of data extraction for research, statistics and other uses that serve the public interest. This study... |
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No. 98 | 20 Nov 2017 |
Nurses in advanced roles in primary care
Many OECD countries have undergone reforms over the past decade to introduce advanced roles for nurses in primary care to improve access to care, quality of care and/or to reduce costs. This working paper provides an analysis of these nurse role... |
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No. 97 | 10 Oct 2017 |
Understanding effective approaches to promoting mental health and preventing mental illness
The health, social and economic consequences of poor mental health are substantial. More attention is focusing now on the development of actions to promote better mental health and wellbeing and prevent mental ill-health. This paper provides an... |
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No. 96 | 26 Jun 2017 |
The economics of patient safety
About one in ten patients are harmed during health care. This paper estimates the health, financial and economic costs of this harm. Results indicate that patient harm exerts a considerable global health burden. The financial cost on health systems... |
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No. 95 | 23 Jun 2017 |
Future trends in health care expenditure
Across the OECD, healthcare spending has typically outpaced economic growth in recent decades. While such spending has improved health outcomes, there are concerns about the financial sustainability of this upward trend, particularly as healthcare... |
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No. 94 | 11 Apr 2017 |
Understanding variations in hospital length of stay and cost
Hospitals are the most expensive component of OECD health care systems, accounting for around one third of total health care expenditure. Given growing pressures on government budgets, this is an area of expenditure that has already been, and will... |
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No. 93 | 27 Mar 2017 |
Measuring social protection for long-term care
This report presents the first international quantification and comparison of levels of social protection for long-term care (LTC) in 14 OECD and EU countries. Focusing on five scenarios with different LTC needs and services, it quantifies the cost... |
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No. 92 | 24 Feb 2017 |
Cyclical vs structural effects on health care expenditure trends in OECD countries
Health care expenditure per person, after accounting for changes in overall price levels, began to slow in many OECD countries in the early-to-mid 2000s, well before the economic and fiscal crisis. Using available estimates from the OECD’s System of... |
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Health systems characteristics: A survey of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries
Luca Lorenzoni, Diana Pinto, Frederico Guanais, Tomas Plaza Reneses, Frederic Daniel and Ane Auraaen
19 Jun 2019
In 2018, the Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD launched a survey to collect information on key health systems characteristics in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. This paper presents the information provided by 21 of these...
Health Spending Projections to 2030
Luca Lorenzoni, Alberto Marino, David Morgan and Chris James
24 May 2019
To gain a better understanding of the financial sustainability of health systems, the OECD has produced a new set of health spending projections up to 2030 for all its member countries. Estimates are produced across a range of policy situations....
Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes
Sabine Vuik, Marion Devaux and Michele Cecchini
02 Apr 2019
Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk factors are known to affect health and wellbeing, but may also have an impact on educational outcomes. The objective of this study was...
Trends in life expectancy in EU and other OECD countries
Veena S. Raleigh
28 Feb 2019
This paper reports on trends in life expectancy in the 28 EU countries and some other high-income OECD countries, and examines potential explanations for the slowdown in improvements in recent years. The slowdown in improvements in life expectancy...
Health literacy for people-centred care
Liliane Moreira
12 Dec 2018
In the 21st century care, the old paradigm “because the doctor said so” no longer holds. Individuals are now seeking ways to understand their health options and take more control over their health decisions. But this is not an easy task....
The economics of patient safety in primary and ambulatory care
Ane Auraaen, Luke Slawomirski and Niek Klazinga
29 Nov 2018
Building on published patient safety research literature, this paper aims to broaden the existing knowledge base on safety lapses occurring in primary and ambulatory care settings.The findings of this paper show that safety lapses in primary and...
Investing in medication adherence improves health outcomes and health system efficiency
Rabia Khan and Karolina Socha-Dietrich
28 Jun 2018
Poor adherence to medications affects approximately half of the patient population, leading to severe health complications, premature deaths, and an increased use of healthcare services. The three most prevalent chronic conditions – diabetes,...
Which policies increase value for money in health care?
Luca Lorenzoni, Fabrice Murtin, Laura-Sofia Springare, Ane Auraaen and Frederic Daniel
07 Mar 2018
The incentive structures produced by different institutional arrangements in health systems are important determinants of their performance, and can explain some of the differences in cross-country performance patterns.This paper proposes an approach...
Inclusive growth and health
Chris James, Marion Devaux and Franco Sassi
19 Dec 2017
In response to observed growing inequalities in income and other dimensions of well-being, including health, the OECD launched an initiative on Inclusive Growth in 2012. The objective was to help governments find ways to make economic growth more...
Measuring patient experiences (PREMS)
Rie Fujisawa and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
19 Dec 2017
The OECD has been leading the work on international comparisons of patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) across its member states for over a decade. This paper synthesises national developments in relation to measuring and monitoring PREMs...
How much do OECD countries spend on prevention?
Michael Gmeinder, David Morgan and Michael Mueller
15 Dec 2017
OECD countries face the multiple challenges of rapidly ageing societies with the associated rise in chronic diseases and the ever-present threat from new or evolving communicable diseases. This is within the context of seeking better value for money...
Diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours
Sahara Graf and Michele Cecchini
11 Dec 2017
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases has increased in past decades in the OECD. These conditions have many risk factors, including poor quality diet, insufficient physical activity, and excess sedentarism. These behaviours are also at the root of...
Readiness of electronic health record systems to contribute to national health information and research
Jillian Oderkirk
04 Dec 2017
All countries are investing in the development of electronic health (clinical) records, but only some countries are moving forward the possibility of data extraction for research, statistics and other uses that serve the public interest. This study...
Nurses in advanced roles in primary care
Claudia B. Maier, Linda H. Aiken and Reinhard Busse
20 Nov 2017
Many OECD countries have undergone reforms over the past decade to introduce advanced roles for nurses in primary care to improve access to care, quality of care and/or to reduce costs. This working paper provides an analysis of these nurse role...
Understanding effective approaches to promoting mental health and preventing mental illness
David McDaid, Emily Hewlett and A-La Park
10 Oct 2017
The health, social and economic consequences of poor mental health are substantial. More attention is focusing now on the development of actions to promote better mental health and wellbeing and prevent mental ill-health. This paper provides an...
The economics of patient safety
Luke Slawomirski, Ane Auraaen and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
26 Jun 2017
About one in ten patients are harmed during health care. This paper estimates the health, financial and economic costs of this harm. Results indicate that patient harm exerts a considerable global health burden. The financial cost on health systems...
Future trends in health care expenditure
Alberto Marino, David Morgan, Luca Lorenzoni and Chris James
23 Jun 2017
Across the OECD, healthcare spending has typically outpaced economic growth in recent decades. While such spending has improved health outcomes, there are concerns about the financial sustainability of this upward trend, particularly as healthcare...
Understanding variations in hospital length of stay and cost
Luca Lorenzoni and Alberto Marino
11 Apr 2017
Hospitals are the most expensive component of OECD health care systems, accounting for around one third of total health care expenditure. Given growing pressures on government budgets, this is an area of expenditure that has already been, and will...
Measuring social protection for long-term care
Tim Muir
27 Mar 2017
This report presents the first international quantification and comparison of levels of social protection for long-term care (LTC) in 14 OECD and EU countries. Focusing on five scenarios with different LTC needs and services, it quantifies the cost...
Cyclical vs structural effects on health care expenditure trends in OECD countries
Luca Lorenzoni, Jonathan Millar, Franco Sassi and Douglas Sutherland
24 Feb 2017
Health care expenditure per person, after accounting for changes in overall price levels, began to slow in many OECD countries in the early-to-mid 2000s, well before the economic and fiscal crisis. Using available estimates from the OECD’s System of...