OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line

OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9264989048

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The report reviews a range of policies that countries have used to tackle waiting times for different services, including elective surgery and primary care consultations, but also cancer care and mental health services, with a focus on identifying the most successful ones.


Health at a Glance 2021 OECD Indicators

Health at a Glance 2021 OECD Indicators

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 9264480919

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Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. This edition has a special focus on the health impact of COVID-19 in OECD countries, including deaths and illness caused by the virus, adverse effects on access and quality of care, and the growing burden of mental ill-health.


Health Workforce Policies in OECD Countries

Health Workforce Policies in OECD Countries

Author: OECD

Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789264239500

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Foreword and Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Key findings -- Analytical framework of health labour markets -- Trends in health labour markets and policy priorities to address workforce issues -- Education and training for doctors and nurses: What's happening with numerus clausus policies? -- Trends and policies affecting the international migration of doctors and nurses to OECD countries -- Geographic imbalances in the distribution of doctors and health care services in OECD countries -- Skills use and skills mismatch in the health sector: What do we know and what can be done


Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies

Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-10-17

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 9264805907

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This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.


Health at a Glance 2015 OECD Indicators

Health at a Glance 2015 OECD Indicators

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-11-04

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9264243518

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This book presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of health systems in OECD and certain partner countries. It includes a dashboard of health indicators, a special focus chapter on the pharmaceutical sector, and indicators on health workforce migration and health care quality.


Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative

Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9264300309

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This report describes the current situation with regard to universal health coverage and global quality of care, and outlines the steps governments, health services and their workers, together with citizens and patients need to urgently take.


Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives

Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-09-24

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9264233385

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The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms. Public health spending in OECD countries has grown rapidly over most of the last half century. These spending increases have contributed to ...


OECD Health Policy Studies Who Cares? Attracting and Retaining Care Workers for the Elderly

OECD Health Policy Studies Who Cares? Attracting and Retaining Care Workers for the Elderly

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-06-22

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9264383743

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This report presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive cross-country assessment of long-term care (LTC) workers, the tasks they perform and the policies to address shortages in OECD countries. It highlights the importance of improving working conditions in the sector and making care work more attractive and shows that there is space to increase productivity by enhancing the use of technology, providing a better use of skills and investing in prevention.