The Economics of Health

Improving the performance of the public health care system in Greece

23-Sep-2009

Greek health outcomes compare favourably with the OECD average. However, the health care system is seen as not working well by the population. One source of dissatisfaction is the high proportion of private household spending on health, including informal payments, while public health spending relative to GDP is one of the lowest in the OECD.

The English national health service: an economic health check

22-Jul-2009

This paper provides an overview of the organisation and financing of the National Health Service, reviews its performance, assesses the reforms since the start of the decade and provides recommendations for further development. 

The effectiveness of education and health spending among Brazilian municipalities

15-Jul-2009

The main empirical findings are that government spending is a powerful determinant of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non education programmes are also at least as important.

Economic Survey of New Zealand 2009: Health care reform: challenges for the next phase

16-Apr-2009

Trends in demography, technology and costs will exert mounting and unaffordable pressures on health spending, underlining the need to control health care costs and to put limits on public coverage.

Economic Survey of the United States 2008

09-Dec-2008

Despite high expenditures, health outcomes in the United States rank relatively poorly. Reforms to expand health insurance coverage and increase cost efficiency would improve outcomes relative to costs.