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No. 71 | 07 Jul 2014 |
Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs): Italy
As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries.... |
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No. 70 | 12 Jun 2014 |
Pricing and competition in Specialist Medical Services
Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the private sector. To help inform policy debate, this paper profiles selected experiences on... |
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No. 69 | 03 Apr 2014 |
Geographic Imbalances in Doctor Supply and Policy Responses
Doctors are distributed unequally across different regions in virtually all OECD countries, and this causes concern about how to continue to ensure access to health services everywhere. In particular access to services in rural regions is the focus... |
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No. 68 | 03 Apr 2014 |
Health Spending Continues to Stagnate in Many OECD Countries
The global economic crisis which began in 2008 has had a dramatic effect on health spending across OECD countries. Estimates of expenditure on health released back in 2012 showed that, for the first time, health spending had slowed markedly or fallen... |
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No. 67 | 18 Nov 2013 |
Measuring and Comparing Health Care Waiting Times in OECD Countries
Waiting times for elective (non-emergency) treatments are a key health policy concern in several OECD countries. This study describes common measures on waiting times across OECD countries from administrative data. It focuses on common elective... |
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No. 66 | 11 Dec 2013 |
The Role of Fiscal Policies in Health Promotion
Taxes and other fiscal measures on health-related commodities are in widespread use. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products have been subjected to taxation for a long time in most countries. Several OECD governments have passed legislation to... |
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No. 64 | 11 Oct 2013 |
Managing Hospital Volumes: Germany and Experiences from OECD Countries
To help inform a conference organised by the Germany Ministry of Health (BMG) and the OECD on ‘Managing Hospital Volumes’ on the 11th April 2013, the OECD Secretariat produced this paper giving an international perspective on Germany’s situation and... |
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No. 63 | 11 Jul 2013 |
Value in Pharmaceutical Pricing
This study analyses how 14 OECD Countries refer to “value” when making decisions on reimbursement and prices of new medicines. It details the type of outcomes considered, the perspective and methods adopted for economic evaluation when used; and the... |
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No. 62 | 26 Jun 2013 |
Health Workforce Planning in OECD Countries
Health workforce planning aims to achieve a proper balance between the supply and demand for different categories of health workers, in both the short and longer-term. Workforce planning in the health sector is particularly important, given the time... |
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No. 61 | 25 Mar 2013 |
International Variations in a Selected Number of Surgical Procedures
This paper summarises recent international data on rates of five surgical procedures (i.e. caesarean, hysterectomy, prostatectomy, hip replacement and appendectomy) across OECD countries. It examines trends over time and compares age- and... |
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No. 60 | 29 Jan 2013 |
Health Spending Growth at Zero
Health spending slowed markedly or fell in many OECD countries recently after years of continuous growth, according to OECD Health Data 2012. As a result of the global economic crisis which began in 2008, a zero rate of growth in health expenditure... |
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No. 59 | 31 Oct 2012 |
A Comparative Analysis of Health Forecasting Methods
Concerns about health expenditure growth and its long-term sustainability have stimulated the development of health expenditure forecasting models in many OECD countries. This comparative analysis reviewed 25 models that were developed by, or used... |
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No. 58 | 10 Jul 2012 |
Income-Related Inequalities in Health Service Utilisation in 19 OECD Countries, 2008-2009
This Working Paper examines income-related inequalities in health care service utilisation in OECD countries. It extends a previous analysis (Van Doorslaer and Masseria, 2004) to 2008-2009 for 13 countries, and adds new results for 6 countries, for... |
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No. 57 | 30 Aug 2011 |
The Impact of Pay Increases on Nurses' Labour Market
Nurses are usually the most numerous professionals in the healthcare workforce, and their contribution is a core component in attaining the policy objectives of improved productivity, quality of care and effectiveness in the health sector. The recent... |
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No. 56 | 14 Apr 2011 |
Description of Alternative Approaches to Measure and Place a Value on Hospital Products in Seven OECD Countries
This paper provides a description of the classification systems used to measure hospital services in selected OECD countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom (England), and the United States. Three classifications are... |
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No. 55 | 31 Jan 2011 |
Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries
This study assesses the potential of the concept of “mortality amenable to health care” as an indicator of outcome for health care systems. It presents estimates of the mortality amenable to health care in 31 OECD countries for the period 1997-2007.... |
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No. 54 | 31 Aug 2010 |
Les pratiques infirmières avancées
Beaucoup de pays cherchent à améliorer la prestation des soins de santé en examinant les rôles des différents corps professionnels, y compris les infirmières. Le développement de nouveaux rôles infirmiers plus avancés peut contribuer à améliorer... |
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No. 54 | 08 Jul 2010 |
Nurses in Advanced Roles
Many countries are seeking to improve health care delivery by reviewing the roles of health professionals, including nurses. Developing new and more advanced roles for nurses could improve access to care in the face of a limited or diminishing supply... |
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No. 53 | 08 Jul 2010 |
Comparing Price Levels of Hospital Services Across Countries
Health services account for a large and increasing share of production and expenditure in OECD countries but there are also noticeable differences between countries in expenditure per capita. Whether such differences are due to more services consumed... |
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No. 52 | 26 May 2010 |
Guidelines for Improving the Comparability and Availability of Private Health Expenditures Under the System of Health Accounts Framework
This paper reports on a project to improve the comparability and availability of private health expenditure under the joint health accounts questionnaire (JHAQ) data collection. The JHAQ is a framework for joint data collection in the area of health... |
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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs): Italy
Alessia Forti
07 Jul 2014
As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries....
Pricing and competition in Specialist Medical Services
Ankit Kumar, Grégoire de Lagasnerie, Frederica Maiorano et Alessia Forti
12 Jun 2014
Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the private sector. To help inform policy debate, this paper profiles selected experiences on...
Geographic Imbalances in Doctor Supply and Policy Responses
Tomoko Ono, Michael Schoenstein et James Buchan
03 Apr 2014
Doctors are distributed unequally across different regions in virtually all OECD countries, and this causes concern about how to continue to ensure access to health services everywhere. In particular access to services in rural regions is the focus...
Health Spending Continues to Stagnate in Many OECD Countries
David Morgan et Roberto Astolfi
03 Apr 2014
The global economic crisis which began in 2008 has had a dramatic effect on health spending across OECD countries. Estimates of expenditure on health released back in 2012 showed that, for the first time, health spending had slowed markedly or fallen...
Measuring and Comparing Health Care Waiting Times in OECD Countries
Luigi Siciliani, Valerie Moran et Michael Borowitz
18 Nov 2013
Waiting times for elective (non-emergency) treatments are a key health policy concern in several OECD countries. This study describes common measures on waiting times across OECD countries from administrative data. It focuses on common elective...
The Role of Fiscal Policies in Health Promotion
Franco Sassi, Annalisa Belloni et Chiara Capobianco
11 Dec 2013
Taxes and other fiscal measures on health-related commodities are in widespread use. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products have been subjected to taxation for a long time in most countries. Several OECD governments have passed legislation to...
Managing Hospital Volumes: Germany and Experiences from OECD Countries
Ankit Kumar et Michael Schoenstein
11 Oct 2013
To help inform a conference organised by the Germany Ministry of Health (BMG) and the OECD on ‘Managing Hospital Volumes’ on the 11th April 2013, the OECD Secretariat produced this paper giving an international perspective on Germany’s situation and...
Value in Pharmaceutical Pricing
Valérie Paris et Annalisa Belloni
11 Jul 2013
This study analyses how 14 OECD Countries refer to “value” when making decisions on reimbursement and prices of new medicines. It details the type of outcomes considered, the perspective and methods adopted for economic evaluation when used; and the...
Health Workforce Planning in OECD Countries
Tomoko Ono, Gaétan Lafortune et Michael Schoenstein
26 Jun 2013
Health workforce planning aims to achieve a proper balance between the supply and demand for different categories of health workers, in both the short and longer-term. Workforce planning in the health sector is particularly important, given the time...
International Variations in a Selected Number of Surgical Procedures
Klim McPherson, Giorgia Gon et Maggie Scott
25 Mar 2013
This paper summarises recent international data on rates of five surgical procedures (i.e. caesarean, hysterectomy, prostatectomy, hip replacement and appendectomy) across OECD countries. It examines trends over time and compares age- and...
Health Spending Growth at Zero
David Morgan et Roberto Astolfi
29 Jan 2013
Health spending slowed markedly or fell in many OECD countries recently after years of continuous growth, according to OECD Health Data 2012. As a result of the global economic crisis which began in 2008, a zero rate of growth in health expenditure...
A Comparative Analysis of Health Forecasting Methods
Roberto Astolfi, Luca Lorenzoni et Jillian Oderkirk
31 Oct 2012
Concerns about health expenditure growth and its long-term sustainability have stimulated the development of health expenditure forecasting models in many OECD countries. This comparative analysis reviewed 25 models that were developed by, or used...
Income-Related Inequalities in Health Service Utilisation in 19 OECD Countries, 2008-2009
Marion Devaux et Michael de Looper
10 Jul 2012
This Working Paper examines income-related inequalities in health care service utilisation in OECD countries. It extends a previous analysis (Van Doorslaer and Masseria, 2004) to 2008-2009 for 13 countries, and adds new results for 6 countries, for...
The Impact of Pay Increases on Nurses' Labour Market
James Buchan et Steven Black
30 Aug 2011
Nurses are usually the most numerous professionals in the healthcare workforce, and their contribution is a core component in attaining the policy objectives of improved productivity, quality of care and effectiveness in the health sector. The recent...
Description of Alternative Approaches to Measure and Place a Value on Hospital Products in Seven OECD Countries
Luca Lorenzoni et Mark Pearson
14 Apr 2011
This paper provides a description of the classification systems used to measure hospital services in selected OECD countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom (England), and the United States. Three classifications are...
Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries
Juan G. Gay, Valérie Paris, Marion Devaux et Michael de Looper
31 Jan 2011
This study assesses the potential of the concept of “mortality amenable to health care” as an indicator of outcome for health care systems. It presents estimates of the mortality amenable to health care in 31 OECD countries for the period 1997-2007....
Les pratiques infirmières avancées
Marie-Laure Delamaire et Gaétan Lafortune
31 Aug 2010
Beaucoup de pays cherchent à améliorer la prestation des soins de santé en examinant les rôles des différents corps professionnels, y compris les infirmières. Le développement de nouveaux rôles infirmiers plus avancés peut contribuer à améliorer...
Nurses in Advanced Roles
Marie-Laure Delamaire et Gaétan Lafortune
08 Jul 2010
Many countries are seeking to improve health care delivery by reviewing the roles of health professionals, including nurses. Developing new and more advanced roles for nurses could improve access to care in the face of a limited or diminishing supply...
Comparing Price Levels of Hospital Services Across Countries
Francette Koechlin, Luca Lorenzoni et Paul Schreyer
08 Jul 2010
Health services account for a large and increasing share of production and expenditure in OECD countries but there are also noticeable differences between countries in expenditure per capita. Whether such differences are due to more services consumed...
Guidelines for Improving the Comparability and Availability of Private Health Expenditures Under the System of Health Accounts Framework
Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya et Luca Lorenzoni
26 May 2010
This paper reports on a project to improve the comparability and availability of private health expenditure under the joint health accounts questionnaire (JHAQ) data collection. The JHAQ is a framework for joint data collection in the area of health...