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01-Jul-2009
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.
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19-Jun-2009
OECD Health Working Paper No. 46 presents the findings of health survey data from Australia, Canada, England and Korea. It shows that education appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women. This is determined by at least three factors: greater access to and handling of health-related information; clearer perception of the risks associated with lifestyle choices; and improved self-control and consistency of preferences over time. The higher a person’s education relative to his or her peers’, the lower the probability of that person being obese.
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24-Mar-2009
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.
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19-Mar-2009
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.
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11-Mar-2009
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.
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24-Feb-2009
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.
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20-Feb-2009
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.
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09-Feb-2009
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.
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04-Feb-2009
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.
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16-Jan-2009
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.
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14-Jan-2009
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.
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22-Dec-2008
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).
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18-Dec-2008
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.
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16-Dec-2008
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.
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10-Dec-2008
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.
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22-Oct-2008
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.
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18-Sep-2008
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.
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29-Oct-2008
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.
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29-Oct-2008
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.
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29-Oct-2008
This paper (Health Working Paper No. 38) describes the migration of health workers to the U.K. until 2006 and potential future health expenditure.
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