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		      <title>Health</title>
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		      <description><![CDATA[Good health is necessary for individuals to flourish as citizens, family members, workers and consumers. 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. Friendly URL for this web page: www.oecd.org/health]]></description>
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		      <pubDate>Wed Jul 01 14:02:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Health Data 2009 – comparing health statistics across OECD countries]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The number of doctors per capita increased 2% per year on average across OECD countries between 1990 and 2007, but in some countries the trend is reversing. These are some of the findings from OECD Health Data 2009, the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across the 30 OECD countries.]]></description>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Governments must do more to help most vulnerable amid rising unemployment, urges OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Governments must urgently adapt their labour market policies to help their most vulnerable citizens in the economic crisis, as was concluded at the High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work in May 2009. Key to this will be avoiding that the crisis further strengthens a disability benefit culture that pushes many people with disability onto benefit schemes and out of work for the rest of their lives.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri May 15 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Economic Survey of New Zealand 2009: Health care reform: challenges for the next phase]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Apr 16 07:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Obesity: analysis of trends in selected OECD countries]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/delsa-hea-wd-hwp(2009)3]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[OECD Health Working Paper No. 45 provides an overview of past and projected future trends in adult overweight and obesity in selected OECD countries. Using individual-level data from repeated cross-sectional national surveys, some of the main determinants and pathways underlying the current obesity epidemic are explored, and possible policy levers for tackling the negative health effect of these trends are identified.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Long-term care workforce: overview]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/delsa-elsa-wp2-hea(2009)1]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[In the context of ageing societies, the importance of long-term care (LTC) is growing in all OECD countries. OECD Health Working Paper No. 44 offers an overview of the LTC workforce and reviews country responses to a growing demand for LTC workers.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Health status and access to care: measuring disparities]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/DELSA-HEA-WD-HWP(2009)2]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[OECD Health Working Paper No. 43 assesses the availability and comparability of selected indicators of inequality in health status and in health care access and use across OECD countries, with a focus on disparities among socioeconomic groups.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Joint OECD-World Bank Reviews of Health Systems - Turkey]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This comprehensive review of Turkey's health care system shows that health status has improved rapidly in Turkey in recent decades, partly as a result of higher health spending.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Healthy ageing policies in OECD member countries]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/DELSA-HEA-WD-HWP(2009)1]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[OECD Health Working Paper No. 42 reviews policies in the area of healthy ageing. The paper begins by defining healthy ageing and related concepts such as active ageing. It then groups healthy ageing policies under four basic types and describes their programmes for improving the health status of older people.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Strategic options to finance pensions and healthcare in a rapidly ageing world]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The financial crisis  is severely testing the soundness of pension and health care systems in OECD countries and many are not passing the test. At the World Economic Forum, Secretary-General Angel Gurría urged policy makers to act.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Asian Policy Centre - health and social policy]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The Joint OECD/Korea Policy Centre opened its doors in July 2008. It aims to develop data capacity in co-operation with individual country experts and international partners, and organises seminars, conferences and workshops to foster the exchange of technical information and policy experiences in sectors like health statistics, pension reforms and social expenditure.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[DELSA Newsletter Issue 6 - Healthier markets Drug policy and workforce planning]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Effective medicines save lives and improve quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. But health gains come at a cost: affordability is a growing challenge as drug spending outstrips growth in national income in most OECD countries.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[System of Health Accounts database now available on OECD.Stat Extracts]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Detailed health expenditure and financing data from the 2008 Joint OECD-WHO-Eurostat Health Accounts Data Collection are freely available on OECD.Stat Extracts under the theme Health. Fully consistent with OECD Health Data, the System of Health Accounts database allows for more in-depth analysis of health spending and the detailed cross-classification between health care functions, providers and financing. Summary comparative tables and charts from the database can also be found via the main SHA page.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[The Remuneration of General Practitioners and Specialists in 14 OECD Countries: What are the Factors Influencing Variations across Countries?]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/51/48/41925333.pdf]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[This paper (Health Working Paper No. 41) provides a descriptive analysis of the remuneration of doctors in 14 OECD countries for which reasonably comparable data were available in OECD Health Data 2007 (Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States).]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Internet update for OECD Health Data 2008 available now]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The Internet update for OECD Health Data 2008 has just been released. Go to the OECD Health Data Update page to download the file and access data updates, along with a fully revised hypertext for Definitions, Sources and Methods.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Sixth issue of Health Update]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This issue highlights the new report Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies in a Global Market, as well as the WHO-OECD Dialogue on Migration and the Health Workforce, addressing pressures on long-term care systems, health and the environment, mental health and the workplace, and other key health-related projects throughout the OECD.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Are all jobs good for your health? The impact of work status and working conditions on mental health.]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Does the steep rise in disability benefit receipt for mental illness in many OECD countries reflect on overall increase in mental health problems in the working-age population? How does working and job stress affect mental health? Chapter 4 of the OECD Employment Outlook 2008  analyses issues related to work and health.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[The Looming Crisis in the Health Workforce]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD countries face a challenge in responding to the growing demand for doctors and nurses over the next 20 years and should adopt a comprehensive approach to health human resources, reinforce international cooperation and better monitor health workforce policies and migration.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 CEST 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Health Policy Studies: Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies in a Global Market]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical pricing policies are designed with national objectives in mind, but are the transnational implications always taken into account? This report assesses how pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies have contributed to the achievement of certain health policy objectives.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 CEST 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[International Mobility of Health Professionals and Health Workforce Management in Canada: Myths and Realities]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/59/41590427.pdf]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[This report (Health Working Paper No. 40) examines the role played by immigrant health workers in the Canadian health workforce as well as the interactions between migration policies and education and health workforce management policies.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Germany]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This paper (Health Working Paper No. 39) describes pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Germany, considering them in the broader environment in which they operate, and assesses their impact on the achievement of a number of policy goals.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Migration of Health Workers: The UK Perspective to 2006]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This paper (Health Working Paper No. 38) describes the migration of health workers to the U.K. until 2006 and potential future health expenditure.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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