OECD Health Policy Studies Primary Health Care for Resilient Health Systems in Latin America
OECD Health Policy Studies Primary Health Care for Resilient Health Systems in Latin America

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2022-12-13

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9264550046

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Latin American countries were hard hit by COVID-19 with rates of excess mortality above the OECD average. The pandemic brought additional stress to health systems already overstretched by a growing burden of chronic diseases, unequal access to health care services, overall under-investment in health and strong budgetary restrictions, and systemic inefficiencies.

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.

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: Europe 2020 State of Health in the EU Cycle
Health at a Glance: Europe 2020 State of Health in the EU Cycle

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-11-19

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 926481194X

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The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe focuses on the impact of the COVID‐19 crisis. Chapter 1 provides an initial assessment of the resilience of European health systems to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to contain and respond to the worst pandemic in the past century.

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 ...

Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 State of Health in the EU Cycle
Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 State of Health in the EU Cycle

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-11-22

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9264303359

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Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 presents comparative analyses of the health status of EU citizens and the performance of the health systems of the 28 EU Member States, 5 candidate countries and 3 EFTA countries.