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No. 146 | 08 Sept 2022 |
Exploring the consequences of greater price transparency on the dynamics of pharmaceutical markets
For some time, governments, stakeholders and civil society have been voicing the need for greater transparency in pharmaceutical pricing. The 2018 OECD report Pharmaceutical Innovation and Access to Medicines suggested that increased price... |
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No. 145 | 12 Aug 2022 |
The economics of patient safety
Building on previous OECD Health Working Papers on the economics of patient safety, this paper firstly provides an update on the health burden, and financial and economic cost of unsafe care. It then summarises the evidence on the cost-effectiveness... |
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No. 144 | 28 Jul 2022 |
Investing in health systems to protect society and boost the economy
COVID-19 is the most significant public health emergency in more than a century, causing a global economic crisis, and with long-term repercussions across society. COVID-19 continues to claim lives, many are suffering ill health (physical and/or... |
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No. 143 | 13 Jul 2022 |
The provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania
This paper sets out the OECD’s assessment of the provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania. It provides an overview of the burden of mental ill health in Lithuania, highlights strengths and challenges of the mental health care... |
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No. 142 | 24 May 2022 |
International comparisons of the quality and outcomes of integrated care
Across OECD countries, two in three people aged over 65 years live with at least one chronic condition often requiring multiple interactions with different providers, making them more susceptible to poor and fragmented care. This has prompted calls... |
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No. 141 | 05 May 2022 |
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in OECD countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted primary and secondary prevention efforts as well as routine cancer care including diagnosis and treatment. The number of cancer-related procedures declined across countries. Many of the OECD countries also faced... |
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No. 140 | 04 May 2022 |
Supporting informal carers of older people
Informal carers – family and friends who perform care - are the first line of support for older people. About 60% of older people who receive care at home report receiving only informal care across OECD countries.While informal carers help to contain... |
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No. 139 | 27 Apr 2022 |
Improving data on pharmaceutical expenditure in hospitals and other health care settings
As a key component of health care, a full understanding of how much is spent on prescription medicines is increasingly important. Only a partial understanding of total expenditures across health systems is currently possible, as reporting is often... |
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No. 138 | 26 Apr 2022 |
Health data and governance developments in relation to COVID-19
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic many countries found that they lacked basic, timely data for decision making—such as information on health workforce, resources, hospitalisations, and mortality. Many policy makers have since leveraged COVID-19... |
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No. 137 | 24 Mar 2022 |
Shortages of medicines in OECD countries
Even in wealthy economies, access to medicines is increasingly affected by medicine shortages – an issue exacerbated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper was to examine the extent and nature of medicine shortages in OECD... |
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No. 136 | 22 Feb 2022 |
Antimicrobial resistance in long-term care facilities
Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) provide care for extended periods to older people who frequently require antimicrobials to treat and prevent infection, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older LTCF residents. Evidence indicates that,... |
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No. 135 | 15 Feb 2022 |
Establishing standards for assessing patient-reported outcomes and experiences of mental health care in OECD countries
Patient-reported measures are a critical tool for improving policy and practice in mental health care. However, to date, the use of patient-reported measures in mental health care is limited to a small number of countries and settings—and there is a... |
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No. 134 | 19 Jan 2022 |
Developing international benchmarks of patient safety culture in hospital care
Improving patient safety culture (PSC) is a significant priority for OECD countries as they work to improve healthcare quality and safety—a goal that has increased in importance as countries have faced new safety concerns connected to the COVID-19... |
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No. 133 | 30 May 2022 |
Cluster analysis to assess the transferability of public health interventions
A key question policy makers are interested in is whether public health interventions that can be regarded as best practices could be successful implemented in countries other than the country where the policy was originally implemented. Public... |
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No. 132 | 11 Nov 2021 |
Modelling life trajectories of body-mass index
Body-mass index (BMI) tends to follow a typical trajectory over the life-course of an individual, increasing in early life while decreasing after middle age. To be able to reflect these trends in the OECD Strategic Public Health Planning for... |
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No. 131 | 21 Oct 2021 |
COVID-19 in long-term care
The COVID-19 crisis has hit the long-term care (LTC) sector particularly hard, with large numbers of people dependent on care and particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 have fallen ill, and a disproportionate rate of LTC workers both exposed to, and... |
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No. 130 | 10 Sept 2021 |
The economics of patient safety Part IV: Safety in the workplace
Health care settings are inherently hazardous places, with very unpredictable and complex working environments. These hazards and risks not only result in a range of injuries and ill-health among workers but also jeopardise the safety of patients.... |
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No. 129 | 19 Jul 2021 |
Empowering the health workforce to make the most of the digital revolution
Digital technologies offer unique opportunities to strengthen health systems. However, the digital infrastructure only provide the tools, which on their own cannot transform the health systems, but need to be put to productive use by health workers.... |
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No. 128 | 11 Jun 2021 |
Laying the foundations for artificial intelligence in health
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to make health care more effective, efficient and equitable. AI applications are on the rise, from clinical decision-making and public health, to biomedical research and drug development, to health... |
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No. 127 | 22 Apr 2021 |
Survey results: National health data infrastructure and governance
The strengthening of health data infrastructure and governance is a policy priority of the OECD. This report presents findings from the 2019-20 OECD survey of health data development, use and governance. Health ministries and health data authorities... |
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Exploring the consequences of greater price transparency on the dynamics of pharmaceutical markets
Eliana Barrenho and Ruth Lopert
08 Sept 2022
For some time, governments, stakeholders and civil society have been voicing the need for greater transparency in pharmaceutical pricing. The 2018 OECD report Pharmaceutical Innovation and Access to Medicines suggested that increased price...
The economics of patient safety
Luke Slawomirski and Niek Klazinga
12 Aug 2022
Building on previous OECD Health Working Papers on the economics of patient safety, this paper firstly provides an update on the health burden, and financial and economic cost of unsafe care. It then summarises the evidence on the cost-effectiveness...
Investing in health systems to protect society and boost the economy
David Morgan and Chris James
28 Jul 2022
COVID-19 is the most significant public health emergency in more than a century, causing a global economic crisis, and with long-term repercussions across society. COVID-19 continues to claim lives, many are suffering ill health (physical and/or...
The provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania
Doron Wijker, Paola Sillitti and Emily Hewlett
13 Jul 2022
This paper sets out the OECD’s assessment of the provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania. It provides an overview of the burden of mental ill health in Lithuania, highlights strengths and challenges of the mental health care...
International comparisons of the quality and outcomes of integrated care
Eliana Barrenho, Philip Haywood, Candan Kendir and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
24 May 2022
Across OECD countries, two in three people aged over 65 years live with at least one chronic condition often requiring multiple interactions with different providers, making them more susceptible to poor and fragmented care. This has prompted calls...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in OECD countries
Rie Fujisawa
05 May 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted primary and secondary prevention efforts as well as routine cancer care including diagnosis and treatment. The number of cancer-related procedures declined across countries. Many of the OECD countries also faced...
Supporting informal carers of older people
Eileen Rocard and Ana Llena-Nozal
04 May 2022
Informal carers – family and friends who perform care - are the first line of support for older people. About 60% of older people who receive care at home report receiving only informal care across OECD countries.While informal carers help to contain...
Improving data on pharmaceutical expenditure in hospitals and other health care settings
David Morgan and Fan Xiang
27 Apr 2022
As a key component of health care, a full understanding of how much is spent on prescription medicines is increasingly important. Only a partial understanding of total expenditures across health systems is currently possible, as reporting is often...
Health data and governance developments in relation to COVID-19
Katherine de Bienassis, Rie Fujisawa, Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi, Niek Klazinga and Jillian Oderkirk
26 Apr 2022
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic many countries found that they lacked basic, timely data for decision making—such as information on health workforce, resources, hospitalisations, and mortality. Many policy makers have since leveraged COVID-19...
Shortages of medicines in OECD countries
Suzannah Chapman, Guillaume Dedet and Ruth Lopert
24 Mar 2022
Even in wealthy economies, access to medicines is increasingly affected by medicine shortages – an issue exacerbated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper was to examine the extent and nature of medicine shortages in OECD...
Antimicrobial resistance in long-term care facilities
Nkiruka Eze, Michele Cecchini and Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi
22 Feb 2022
Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) provide care for extended periods to older people who frequently require antimicrobials to treat and prevent infection, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older LTCF residents. Evidence indicates that,...
Establishing standards for assessing patient-reported outcomes and experiences of mental health care in OECD countries
Katherine de Bienassis, Emily Hewlett, Candan Kendir, Solvejg Kristensen, Jan Mainz and Niek Klazinga
15 Feb 2022
Patient-reported measures are a critical tool for improving policy and practice in mental health care. However, to date, the use of patient-reported measures in mental health care is limited to a small number of countries and settings—and there is a...
Developing international benchmarks of patient safety culture in hospital care
Katherine de Bienassis and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
19 Jan 2022
Improving patient safety culture (PSC) is a significant priority for OECD countries as they work to improve healthcare quality and safety—a goal that has increased in importance as countries have faced new safety concerns connected to the COVID-19...
Cluster analysis to assess the transferability of public health interventions
Olivia Wiper, Sabine Vuik, Jane Cheatley and Michele Cecchini
30 May 2022
A key question policy makers are interested in is whether public health interventions that can be regarded as best practices could be successful implemented in countries other than the country where the policy was originally implemented. Public...
Modelling life trajectories of body-mass index
Sabine Vuik and Michele Cecchini
11 Nov 2021
Body-mass index (BMI) tends to follow a typical trajectory over the life-course of an individual, increasing in early life while decreasing after middle age. To be able to reflect these trends in the OECD Strategic Public Health Planning for...
COVID-19 in long-term care
Eileen Rocard, Paola Sillitti and Ana Llena-Nozal
21 Oct 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has hit the long-term care (LTC) sector particularly hard, with large numbers of people dependent on care and particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 have fallen ill, and a disproportionate rate of LTC workers both exposed to, and...
The economics of patient safety Part IV: Safety in the workplace
Katherine de Bienassis, Luke Slawomirski and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
10 Sept 2021
Health care settings are inherently hazardous places, with very unpredictable and complex working environments. These hazards and risks not only result in a range of injuries and ill-health among workers but also jeopardise the safety of patients....
Empowering the health workforce to make the most of the digital revolution
Karolina Socha-Dietrich
19 Jul 2021
Digital technologies offer unique opportunities to strengthen health systems. However, the digital infrastructure only provide the tools, which on their own cannot transform the health systems, but need to be put to productive use by health workers....
Laying the foundations for artificial intelligence in health
Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi, Luke Slawomirski and Jillian Oderkirk
11 Jun 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to make health care more effective, efficient and equitable. AI applications are on the rise, from clinical decision-making and public health, to biomedical research and drug development, to health...
Survey results: National health data infrastructure and governance
Jillian Oderkirk
22 Apr 2021
The strengthening of health data infrastructure and governance is a policy priority of the OECD. This report presents findings from the 2019-20 OECD survey of health data development, use and governance. Health ministries and health data authorities...