OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Mexico 2016

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Mexico 2016

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-01-07

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9264230491

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Ten years after the introduction of publically-funded universal health insurance, the Mexican health system finds itself at a critical juncture.


OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality - Czech Republic 2014

OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality - Czech Republic 2014

Author: Oecd

Publisher: OCDE

Published: 2014-06-25

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9789264208599

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This book presents a comprehensive review of health care quality in the Czech Republic. It finds that over the past 20 years, the Czech Republic witnessed the unprecedented gains in quality of health care and life expectancy and successfully transferred its Semaschko system into the modern accessible health care system with private-public mix of providers. Nevertheless the health care system in the Czech Republic still has some way to go to achieve the outcomes of the best performing OECD members. While some of the gap might be caused by the one of the lowest levels of health care expenditures among OECD countries (7.2% GDP in 2011) there are possibilities to improve the outcomes without incurring much of the additional costs. The Czech authorities should reach a consensus on the development of quality of care and data infrastructure and aim for sustainable long-term initiatives undisturbed by the political cycles in both of these areas. While the adverse events reporting and voluntary accreditation are the good steps towards the accountability of the providers, the government should do more in this area, undertake the effort to broaden the accreditation process and include outpatient care and link public health authorities to the quality agenda of inpatient care. In the area of data infrastructure more data should be gathered, the process of data gathering should be streamlined and administrative burden for the providers lowered primarily via the merging the data-collecting agencies. Finally, without the active participation of health insurance funds and proper reimbursement mechanisms in place the quality agenda will not be perceived as the priority.


OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Kazakhstan 2018

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Kazakhstan 2018

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9264289062

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Kazakhstan has made significant economic progress over recent decades. Health has risen on the policy agenda with a number of sector reforms introduced. This review uses globally recognised frameworks and indicators to evaluate Kazakhstan’s overall health system.