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04-Sep-2008
The OECD has released a new OECD Health Technical Paper (#20). The paper was prepared to support the overall work of the Health Care Quality Indicators Project in developing a set of indicators that can be used to raise questions for investigation concerning the quality of care across countries. It provides an overview of the present mental health care information systems in 18 OECD countries with the aim to explore the possibilities for measuring the quality of mental health care and identify potential indicators to be included in OECD’s HCQI set.
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26-Jun-2008
A combination of slower growth in spending on healthcare and expanding economies has led to a stabilisation of health spending as a proportion of GDP in many OECD countries, according to OECD Health Data 2008.
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23-May-2008
The health workforce in New Zealand, as in all OECD countries, plays a central role in the health system. Nonetheless, maybe more than for any other OECD country, the health workforce in New Zealand cannot be considered without taking into account its international dimension. This paper (Health Working Paper No. 33) examines health workforce and migration policies in New Zealand, with a special focus on the international recruitment of doctors and nurses.
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20-May-2008
Highlights the OECD enlargement process and implications for health activities. The May 2008 issue of the newsletter on OECD health-related activities also includes news on health-specific purchasing power parities, the remuneration of doctors, the prevention of lifestyle-related chronic diseases and economic reviews of the health systems of Denmark, Germany and Iceland. Features the upcoming Accra High-Level Forum that will discuss health as a tracer sector to monitor aid effectiveness. Information on key projects by other OECD Directorates.
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08-Apr-2008
The OECD has released a new OECD Health Technical Paper (#19). The paper was prepared to support the overall work of the Health Care Quality Indicators Project in developing a set of indicators that can be used to raise questions for investigation concerning the quality of care across countries. It provides a manual to facilitate cross national comparisons of indicators for patient safety through the provision of detailed practical advice on calculating each indicator in a selected set of Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) utilising national hospital administrative databases.
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31-Mar-2008
The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Economics of Prevention project. The paper (Working Paper #32) provides an economic perspective on the prevention of chronic diseases, focusing in particular on diseases linked to lifestyle choices.
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27-Feb-2008
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 the Slovak Republic, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.
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17-Dec-2007
This report (Working Paper 30) attempts to assess whether--and to what degree--better care coordination can improve health system performance in terms of quality and cost-efficiency. See also the annex to this paper.
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