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		      <description><![CDATA[Improving health is a key concern of OECD societies, as it can contribute to higher economic growth and improved welfare. This page contains information on work on health undertaken by different bodies of the OECD, for example on health indicators, health policies, the economics of health and environment and health. Keep informed about our work from our newsletter Health Update. 
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		      <pubDate>Wed Nov 23 14:43:55 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health at a Glance 2011]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This sixth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Nov 23 00:01:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Reviews of Health Systems- Switzerland]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This publication is a second review of the Swiss Health System and is an update on the review carried out in 2006.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Oct 17 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Joint OECD-World Bank Meeting on the Institutionalisation of National Health Accounts]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[A global initiative to improve resource tracking for better health outcomes and greater health systems accountability through institutionalisation of National Health Accounts]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Sep 22 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Medical tourism is apparently growing rapidly and yet there is little data on the extent of the provision of health care services across borders. This OECD paper identifies the key emerging policy issues relating to the rise in this new market.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD supports Chilean health reform proposals]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD supports Chilean health reform proposals]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health: spending continues to outpace economic growth in most OECD countries ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Health spending continues to rise faster than economic growth in most OECD countries, maintaining a trend observed since the 1970s. Health spending reached 9.5% of GDP on average in 2009, the most recent year for which figures are available, up from 8.8% in 2008, according to OECD Health Data 2011.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Jun 30 14:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Society: Spending for seniors to double or more by 2050, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Spending on long-term care in OECD countries is set to double, even triple, by 2050, driven by ageing populations. Governments must act now, according to “Help Wanted”, a new OECD report.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed May 18 11:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Meeting the Challenge of Ageing and Multiple Morbidities]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD 50th Anniversary Conference, Paris, 22 June, 2011, Sponsored by the OECD and the Business Industry Advisory Committee.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Estonia Public sector spending efficiency: health care and local government]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eco_surveys-est-2011-6-en]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[Relatively high out of pocket payments for healthcare, especially for pharmaceuticals and dental care, risk excluding low-income households from appropriate healthcare. Additional spending will become necessary because remuneration in the healthcare sector is relatively low.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Apr 18 11:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This page describes the OECD's role in the global campaign to fight cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon May 02 00:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD-NSF Workshop: Building a Smarter Health and Wellness Future]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This February 2011 workshop reviewed how new technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for developing an environment and services that can help address the health and wellness challenges of our ageing society.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Feb 15 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2010]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This first edition of Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, and health care expenditure and financing across 27 Asia/Pacific countries.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Dec 21 00:01:00 CET 2010</pubDate>
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