Health Policies and Data

Developing a Health Care System Benefiting All

25-Mar-2008

Speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the China Development Forum 2008 (Beijing, March 23, 2008)

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Switzerland: A new OECD Health Working Paper

28-Jun-2007

The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Switzerland, in the context of the broader policy and market environment. See also Working Papers on pharmaceutical pricing policies in Canada and Mexico .

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People: A new OECD Health Working Paper

03-Apr-2007

The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Disability Trends Among Older Populations and the Implications for Long-Term Care project. This paper assesses the most recent evidence on trends in disability among the population aged 65 and over in 12 OECD countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. The focus is on reviewing trends in severe disability (or dependency), defined where possible as one or more limitations in basic activities of daily living.

Inaugural issue of the OECD Health Update released

06-Jul-2005

This newsletter provides up-to-date information on the OECD’s work on health: pharmaceutical pricing; health care quality; biotechnology, innovation and health; international migration of health professionals; disability trends; the impact of pharmacogenomics on health systems; safety of novel foods; the implementation of a System of Health Accounts; measuring the social outcomes of learning; the economic valuation of children's health; and several other projects on health at OECD.

Health at a Glance - 2011 Edition

Health at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators

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