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No. 124 | 02 Feb 2021 |
Skills for the future health workforce
The landscape of health services delivery is undergoing significant transformation from fragmented and disease-centred toward integrated and people-centred care. Health workers find themselves at the centre of this transformation that demands from... |
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No. 123 | 13 Nov 2020 |
Challenges in access to oncology medicines
With rapid advancements in oncology, even the wealthiest countries around the globe find it increasingly challenging to provide – and sustain – access to new medicines. Challenges include managing the uncertainty surrounding the extent of benefit of... |
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No. 122 | 20 Oct 2020 |
Excess mortality
Assessing the direct and indirect health impact of the COVID 19 pandemic is central in managing public health and other policy measures while learning to co-exist with the virus. Many countries are publishing statistics on COVID 19 related mortality.... |
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No. 121 | 17 Sept 2020 |
The economics of patient safety Part III: Long-term care
Long-term care (LTC) institutions are now providing care to a greater number of people, and more residents with chronic conditions and multiple co-morbidities, than ever before. Trends suggest this strain will continue to increase as OECD populations... |
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No. 120 | 17 Sept 2020 |
System governance towards improved patient safety
Safety governance refers to the approaches taken to minimise the risk for patient harm across an entity or system. It typically comprises steering and rule-making functions such as policies, regulations and standards. To date, governance has focused... |
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No. 119 | 02 Jun 2020 |
Culture as a cure
While health care quality has been improving on average in OECD members countries, patient safety remains a central priority for policy makers and health care leaders. A growing research body has found that PSC is associated with numerous positive... |
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No. 118 | 20 May 2020 |
Reassessing private practice in public hospitals in Ireland
In 2017, the “Sláintecare Report” proposed a comprehensive overhaul of the Irish health system including a reform proposal to phase out private practice in public hospitals to end the unequal treatment of public and private patients – private... |
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No. 117 | 28 Apr 2020 |
The effectiveness of social protection for long-term care in old age
As people grow old and their health deteriorates, they are likely to require help with everyday activities that were once second nature; they need what is commonly termed long-term care (LTC). With demand for LTC in old age expected to grow, OECD... |
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No. 116 | 21 Jan 2020 |
Bringing health care to the patient
Telemedicine is being used across OECD countries to deliver health care in a wide range of specialties, for numerous conditions and through varied means. A growing body of evidence suggests that care delivered via telemedicine can be both safe and... |
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No. 115 | 19 Dec 2019 |
Performance-based managed entry agreements for new medicines in OECD countries and EU member states
This paper presents findings of an OECD review of managed entry agreements in OECD countries and EU member states conducted in 2018 and 2019. Findings are based on discussions with the OECD Expert Group on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices,... |
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No. 114 | 13 Dec 2019 |
Methodological development of international measurement of acute myocardial infarction 30-day mortality rates at the hospital level
International quality measurement work is moving beyond the consideration of health system or national level variations to understand variations within countries and enable more meaningful cross-country comparison. Hospital performance is one key... |
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No. 113 | 22 Aug 2019 |
The impact of technological advancements on health spending
The measurement of the impact of technology as a driver of health care expenditure is complex since technological effects are closely interlinked with other determinants such as income and the composition and health status of a population.... |
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No. 112 | 19 Jun 2019 |
Current and past trends in physical activity in four OECD countries
Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours have been rising throughout the OECD in recent decades. Lack of physical activity and excessive sedentary behaviour are well-known risk factors for non-communicable diseases, such as heart diseases,... |
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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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Skills for the future health workforce
Akiko Maeda and Karolina Socha-Dietrich
02 Feb 2021
The landscape of health services delivery is undergoing significant transformation from fragmented and disease-centred toward integrated and people-centred care. Health workers find themselves at the centre of this transformation that demands from...
Challenges in access to oncology medicines
Suzannah Chapman, Valérie Paris and Ruth Lopert
13 Nov 2020
With rapid advancements in oncology, even the wealthiest countries around the globe find it increasingly challenging to provide – and sustain – access to new medicines. Challenges include managing the uncertainty surrounding the extent of benefit of...
Excess mortality
David Morgan, Junya Ino, Gabriel Di Paolantonio and Fabrice Murtin
20 Oct 2020
Assessing the direct and indirect health impact of the COVID 19 pandemic is central in managing public health and other policy measures while learning to co-exist with the virus. Many countries are publishing statistics on COVID 19 related mortality....
The economics of patient safety Part III: Long-term care
Katherine de Bienassis, Ana Llena-Nozal and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
17 Sept 2020
Long-term care (LTC) institutions are now providing care to a greater number of people, and more residents with chronic conditions and multiple co-morbidities, than ever before. Trends suggest this strain will continue to increase as OECD populations...
System governance towards improved patient safety
Ane Auraaen, Kristin Saar and Niek Klazinga
17 Sept 2020
Safety governance refers to the approaches taken to minimise the risk for patient harm across an entity or system. It typically comprises steering and rule-making functions such as policies, regulations and standards. To date, governance has focused...
Culture as a cure
Katherine de Bienassis, Solvejg Kristensen, Magdalena Burtscher, Ian Brownwood and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
02 Jun 2020
While health care quality has been improving on average in OECD members countries, patient safety remains a central priority for policy makers and health care leaders. A growing research body has found that PSC is associated with numerous positive...
Reassessing private practice in public hospitals in Ireland
Michael Mueller and Karolina Socha-Dietrich
20 May 2020
In 2017, the “Sláintecare Report” proposed a comprehensive overhaul of the Irish health system including a reform proposal to phase out private practice in public hospitals to end the unequal treatment of public and private patients – private...
The effectiveness of social protection for long-term care in old age
Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi and Ana Llena-Nozal
28 Apr 2020
As people grow old and their health deteriorates, they are likely to require help with everyday activities that were once second nature; they need what is commonly termed long-term care (LTC). With demand for LTC in old age expected to grow, OECD...
Bringing health care to the patient
Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi
21 Jan 2020
Telemedicine is being used across OECD countries to deliver health care in a wide range of specialties, for numerous conditions and through varied means. A growing body of evidence suggests that care delivered via telemedicine can be both safe and...
Performance-based managed entry agreements for new medicines in OECD countries and EU member states
Martin Wenzl and Suzannah Chapman
19 Dec 2019
This paper presents findings of an OECD review of managed entry agreements in OECD countries and EU member states conducted in 2018 and 2019. Findings are based on discussions with the OECD Expert Group on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices,...
Methodological development of international measurement of acute myocardial infarction 30-day mortality rates at the hospital level
Michael Padget, Nelly Biondi and Ian Brownwood
13 Dec 2019
International quality measurement work is moving beyond the consideration of health system or national level variations to understand variations within countries and enable more meaningful cross-country comparison. Hospital performance is one key...
The impact of technological advancements on health spending
Alberto Marino and Luca Lorenzoni
22 Aug 2019
The measurement of the impact of technology as a driver of health care expenditure is complex since technological effects are closely interlinked with other determinants such as income and the composition and health status of a population....
Current and past trends in physical activity in four OECD countries
Sahara Graf and Michele Cecchini
19 Jun 2019
Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours have been rising throughout the OECD in recent decades. Lack of physical activity and excessive sedentary behaviour are well-known risk factors for non-communicable diseases, such as heart diseases,...
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,...