OECD Health Policy Studies Securing Medical Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World

OECD Health Policy Studies Securing Medical Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-02-23

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9264431683

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This report offers insights into the risks and vulnerabilities of the supply chains of medicines and medical devices. Policy options to anticipate and mitigate risks of shortages of medicines and medical devices, both routinely and in the context of severe crises, are analysed. Most importantly, the report shows that strengthening the long-term resilience of medical supply chains requires collaborative approaches that balance measures best undertaken by the private sector with those more appropriately managed by governments or supranationally.


OECD Health Policy Studies The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Telemedicine

OECD Health Policy Studies The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Telemedicine

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-01-17

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9264420037

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The use of telemedicine was quite limited in most OECD countries before the COVID-19 pandemic, held back by regulatory barriers and hesitancy from patients and providers. In early 2020, as COVID-19 massively disrupted in-person care, governments moved quickly to promote the use of telemedicine.


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.


OECD Health Policy Studies Rethinking Health System Performance Assessment A Renewed Framework

OECD Health Policy Studies Rethinking Health System Performance Assessment A Renewed Framework

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-01-23

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9264653392

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This document presents the OECD’s renewed health system performance assessment framework. It incorporates new performance dimensions, notably people-centredness, resilience, and environmental sustainability, and places increased emphasis on addressing inequalities, including those related to gender.


OECD Health Policy Studies Health for the People, by the People Building People-centred Health Systems

OECD Health Policy Studies Health for the People, by the People Building People-centred Health Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 9264475451

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Health systems have to meet the changing needs of an increasingly assertive population and an ever more complex health policy context. Digitalisation, population ageing, chronic diseases, new pandemic threats, and evolving expectations of what health services should deliver – and how – have raised questions of whether health systems meet the needs and facilitate engagement of the people.