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No. 1 | 20 Feb 2003 |
Pharmaceutical Use and Expenditure for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
This study presents the results of a joint analysis of patterns of consumption, expenditure, and unit expenditure for a core set of drugs aimed at preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. The current study examines the relationships among... |
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No. 2 | 22 Apr 2003 |
Investment in Population Health in Five OECD Countries
There is growing interest in the potential for preventive interventions to improve average health status in OECD countries and to tackle remaining health inequalities. The interest is in a wide range of interventions spanning not only health services... |
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No. 3 | 22 Apr 2003 |
OECD Study of Cross-National Differences in the Treatment, Costs and Outcomes of Ischaemic Heart Disease
The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating specific diseases. Therefore, the ARD’s... |
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No. 4 | 16 May 2003 |
Survey of Pharmacoeconomic Assessment Activity in Eleven Countries
Policy-makers responsible for publicly-funded drug programmes face continual pressures between the demand to accommodate a steady stream of new and more effective drugs and the ongoing requirement to control costs.In the face of these pressures, a... |
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No. 5 | 06 Jun 2003 |
Stroke Care in OECD Countries
The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares health care systems by examining treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating... |
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No. 6 | 07 Jul 2003 |
Tackling Excessive Waiting Times for Elective Surgery
Waiting times for elective (non-urgent) surgery are a main health policy concern in approximately half of OECD countries. Mean waiting times for elective surgical procedures are above three months in several countries and maximum waiting times can... |
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No. 7 | 07 Oct 2003 |
Explaining Waiting Times Variations for Elective Surgery Across OECD Countries
Waiting times for elective surgery are a significant health policy concern in approximately half of all OECD countries. The main objectives of the OECD Waiting Times project were to: i) review policy initiatives to reduce waiting times in 12 OECD... |
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No. 8 | 30 Oct 2003 |
Private Health Insurance in Australia
Despite universal public insurance coverage, private health insurance (PHI) covers almost half of the Australian population – a high coverage rate in comparison with most other OECD countries. Reflecting the belief that a well-functioning health care... |
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No. 9 | 05 Dec 2003 |
Health-Care Systems
This study presents a broad overview of health-system reforms in OECD countries over the past several decades. Reforms are assessed according to their impact on the following policy goals: ensuring access to needed health-care services; improving the... |
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No. 15 | 01 Jan 2004 |
Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries
Governments often look to private health insurance (PHI) as a possible means of addressing some health system challenges. For example, they may consider enhancing its role as an alternative source of health financing and a way to increase system... |
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No. 10 | 12 Feb 2004 |
Private Health Insurance in Ireland
This paper analyses the Irish private health insurance (PHI) market. It describes how PHI interacts with the public system, and assesses its contribution to equity, efficiency and responsiveness of the health system. The analysis identifies some of... |
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No. 11 | 05 Mar 2004 |
The Slovak Health Insurance System and The Potential Role for Private Health Insurance
This paper analyses the Slovak health insurance system and the policy challenges it faces. It describes the structure of health coverage and health sector reforms being implemented by the Slovak government. It provides a preliminary assessment of the... |
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No. 12 | 11 Mar 2004 |
Private Health Insurance in France
While France has a universal public health insurance system, the coverage it provides is incomplete and the vast majority the French population has private complementary health insurance. Among OECD countries, the share of health care financed by... |
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No. 14 | 11 May 2004 |
Income-Related Inequality in the Use of Medical Care in 21 OECD Countries
This study updates and extends a previous study on equity in physician utilisation for a subset of the countries analyzed here (Van Doorslaer, Koolman and Puffer, 2002). It updates results to 2000 for 13 countries and adds new results for eight... |
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No. 13 | 28 Jul 2004 |
Dementia Care in 9 OECD Countries
Dementia and its most common manifestation, Alzheimer’s disease, is a complex disorder that afflicts primarily the elderly, affecting an estimated 10 million people in OECD member countries. The complexity of the disease makes treating dementia... |
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No. 16 | 06 Aug 2004 |
SHA-Based National Health Accounts in Thirteen OECD Countries
The purpose of the System of Health AccountsChanges in health systems and concomitant health policy questions have been challenging the traditional system of health expenditure statistics over the last couple of decades. What are the major factors... |
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No. 18 | 16 Dec 2004 |
Private Health Insurance in the Netherlands
Private health insurance (PHI) is the sole source of primary health coverage for a third of the Netherlands’ population earning above a set income threshold. Social insurance (together with limited public (tax-based financing) is the main source of... |
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No. 19 | 01 Jan 2005 |
Tackling Nurse Shortages in OECD Countries
There are reports of current nurse shortages in all but a few OECD countries. With further increases in demand for nurses expected and nurse workforce ageing predicted to reduce the supply of nurses, shortages are likely to persist or even increase... |
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No. 17 | 24 Feb 2005 |
Skill-Mix and Policy Change in the Health Workforce
An important potential contribution to the efficient use of the health workforce, is the possibility of ‘skill mix’ changes. ‘Skill mix’ is a relatively broad term which can refer to the mix of staff in the workforce or the demarcation of roles and... |
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No. 20 | 11 May 2005 |
Consumer Direction and Choice in Long-Term Care for Older Persons, Including Payments for Informal Care
As the number of older persons in need of long-term care increases, efforts to support older persons remaining in their home are intensified in most OECD countries. In this context of ageing in place, there is a movement towards allowing more... |
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Pharmaceutical Use and Expenditure for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
Michael Dickson and Stephane Jacobzone
20 Feb 2003
This study presents the results of a joint analysis of patterns of consumption, expenditure, and unit expenditure for a core set of drugs aimed at preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. The current study examines the relationships among...
Investment in Population Health in Five OECD Countries
Jan Bennett
22 Apr 2003
There is growing interest in the potential for preventive interventions to improve average health status in OECD countries and to tackle remaining health inequalities. The interest is in a wide range of interventions spanning not only health services...
OECD Study of Cross-National Differences in the Treatment, Costs and Outcomes of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Pierre Moïse and Stephane Jacobzone
22 Apr 2003
The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating specific diseases. Therefore, the ARD’s...
Survey of Pharmacoeconomic Assessment Activity in Eleven Countries
Michael Dickson, Jeremy Hurst and Stephane Jacobzone
16 May 2003
Policy-makers responsible for publicly-funded drug programmes face continual pressures between the demand to accommodate a steady stream of new and more effective drugs and the ongoing requirement to control costs.In the face of these pressures, a...
Stroke Care in OECD Countries
Lynelle Moon, Pierre Moïse and Stephane Jacobzone
06 Jun 2003
The Ageing-Related Diseases study compares health care systems by examining treatment trends and health outcomes on a disease-by-disease basis. Most of the day-to-day decisions that determine health care system performance are made in treating...
Tackling Excessive Waiting Times for Elective Surgery
Jeremy Hurst and Luigi Siciliani
07 Jul 2003
Waiting times for elective (non-urgent) surgery are a main health policy concern in approximately half of OECD countries. Mean waiting times for elective surgical procedures are above three months in several countries and maximum waiting times can...
Explaining Waiting Times Variations for Elective Surgery Across OECD Countries
Luigi Siciliani and Jeremy Hurst
07 Oct 2003
Waiting times for elective surgery are a significant health policy concern in approximately half of all OECD countries. The main objectives of the OECD Waiting Times project were to: i) review policy initiatives to reduce waiting times in 12 OECD...
Private Health Insurance in Australia
Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
30 Oct 2003
Despite universal public insurance coverage, private health insurance (PHI) covers almost half of the Australian population – a high coverage rate in comparison with most other OECD countries. Reflecting the belief that a well-functioning health care...
Health-Care Systems
Elizabeth Docteur and Howard Oxley
05 Dec 2003
This study presents a broad overview of health-system reforms in OECD countries over the past several decades. Reforms are assessed according to their impact on the following policy goals: ensuring access to needed health-care services; improving the...
Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries
Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
01 Jan 2004
Governments often look to private health insurance (PHI) as a possible means of addressing some health system challenges. For example, they may consider enhancing its role as an alternative source of health financing and a way to increase system...
Private Health Insurance in Ireland
Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
12 Feb 2004
This paper analyses the Irish private health insurance (PHI) market. It describes how PHI interacts with the public system, and assesses its contribution to equity, efficiency and responsiveness of the health system. The analysis identifies some of...
The Slovak Health Insurance System and The Potential Role for Private Health Insurance
Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
05 Mar 2004
This paper analyses the Slovak health insurance system and the policy challenges it faces. It describes the structure of health coverage and health sector reforms being implemented by the Slovak government. It provides a preliminary assessment of the...
Private Health Insurance in France
Thomas C. Buchmueller and Agnès Couffinhal
11 Mar 2004
While France has a universal public health insurance system, the coverage it provides is incomplete and the vast majority the French population has private complementary health insurance. Among OECD countries, the share of health care financed by...
Income-Related Inequality in the Use of Medical Care in 21 OECD Countries
Eddy van Doorslaer and Cristina Masseria
11 May 2004
This study updates and extends a previous study on equity in physician utilisation for a subset of the countries analyzed here (Van Doorslaer, Koolman and Puffer, 2002). It updates results to 2000 for 13 countries and adds new results for eight...
Dementia Care in 9 OECD Countries
Pierre Moïse, Michael Schwarzinger and Myung-Yong Um
28 Jul 2004
Dementia and its most common manifestation, Alzheimer’s disease, is a complex disorder that afflicts primarily the elderly, affecting an estimated 10 million people in OECD member countries. The complexity of the disease makes treating dementia...
SHA-Based National Health Accounts in Thirteen OECD Countries
Eva Orosz and David Morgan
06 Aug 2004
The purpose of the System of Health AccountsChanges in health systems and concomitant health policy questions have been challenging the traditional system of health expenditure statistics over the last couple of decades. What are the major factors...
Private Health Insurance in the Netherlands
Nicole Tapay and Francesca Colombo
16 Dec 2004
Private health insurance (PHI) is the sole source of primary health coverage for a third of the Netherlands’ population earning above a set income threshold. Social insurance (together with limited public (tax-based financing) is the main source of...
Tackling Nurse Shortages in OECD Countries
Steven Simoens, Mike Villeneuve and Jeremy Hurst
01 Jan 2005
There are reports of current nurse shortages in all but a few OECD countries. With further increases in demand for nurses expected and nurse workforce ageing predicted to reduce the supply of nurses, shortages are likely to persist or even increase...
Skill-Mix and Policy Change in the Health Workforce
James Buchan and Lynn Calman
24 Feb 2005
An important potential contribution to the efficient use of the health workforce, is the possibility of ‘skill mix’ changes. ‘Skill mix’ is a relatively broad term which can refer to the mix of staff in the workforce or the demarcation of roles and...
Consumer Direction and Choice in Long-Term Care for Older Persons, Including Payments for Informal Care
Jens Lundsgaard
11 May 2005
As the number of older persons in need of long-term care increases, efforts to support older persons remaining in their home are intensified in most OECD countries. In this context of ageing in place, there is a movement towards allowing more...