Health Working Papers

Please see our companion series of Health Technical Papers, focusing on methodological studies and statistical analysis, for Health Care Quality Indicators and SHA-Based Health Accounts In 13 OECD Countries (Country Studies).

This series is designed to make available to a wider readership health studies prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named.

The papers are generally available only in their original language - English or French - with a summary in the other.

• No. 57 - The Impact of Pay Increases on Nurses' Labour Market: A Review of Evidence from Four OECD Countries (August 2011)
  James Buchan and Steven Black
   
• No. 56 - Description of alternative approaches to measure and Place a Value on Hospital Products in Seven OECD Countries (April 2011)
  Luca Lorenzoni and Mark Pearson
  
  
• No. 55 - Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries: Estimates and Methodological Issues (January 2011)
  Juan G. Gay, Valérie Paris, Marion Devaux and Michael De Looper
  
  
• No. 54 - Nurses in Advanced Roles: A Description and Evaluation of Experiences in 12 Developed Countries (July 2010)
  Marie-Laure Delamaire and Gaetan Lafortune
  Available in French: No. 54 - Les Pratiques Infirmières Avancées : Une Description et Évaluation des Expériences dans 12 Pays Développés (juillet 2010)
  
  
• No. 53 - Comparing Price Levels of Hospital Services Across Countries: Results of Pilot Study (July 2010)
  Francette Koechlin, Luca Lorenzoni and Paul Schreyer
  
  
• No. 52 - Guidelines for Improving the Comparability and Availability of Private Health Expenditures Under the system of Health Accounts Framework (May 2010)
  Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya and Luca Lorenzoni
  
  
• No. 51 - Effective Ways to Realise Policy Reforms in Health Systems (March 2010)
  Jeremy Hurst
  
  
• No. 50 - Health Institutional Characteristics: A Survey of 29 OECD Countries (April 2010)
  Valérie Paris, Marion Devaux and Lihan Wei
  
  
• No. 49 - The Challenge of Financing Health Care in the Current Crisis: An Analysis based on the OECD Data (April 2010)
  Peter Scherer and Marion Devaux
  
  
• No. 48 - Improving Lifestyles, Tackling Obesity: The Health and Economic Impact of Prevention Strategies (November 2009)
  Franco Sassi, Michele Cecchini, Jeremy Lauer and Dan Chisholm
  
  
• No. 47 - Health Care Quality Indicators Project: Patient Safety Indicators Report 2009 | No. 47 - Annex (November 2009)
  Saskia Drösler, Patrick Romano, Lihan Wei
  
  
• No. 46 - Education and Obesity in Four OECD Countries (June 2009)
  Franco Sassi, Marion Devaux, Jody Church, Michele Cecchini and Francesca Borgonovi
  
  
• No. 45 - The Obesity Epidemic: Analysis of Past and Projected Future Trends in Selected OECD Countries (March 2009)
  Franco Sassi, Marion Devaux, Michele Cecchini and Elena Rusticelli
  
  
• No. 44 - The Long-Term Care Workforce: Overview and Strategies to Adapt Supply to a Growing Demand (March 2009)
  Rie Fujisawa and Francesca Colombo
  
  
• No. 43 - Measuring Disparities in Health Status and in Access and Use of Health Care in OECD Countries (March 2009)
  Michael De Looper and Gaetan Lafortune
  
  
• No. 42 - Policies for Healthy Ageing: An Overview (February 2009)
  Howard Oxley
  
  
• No. 41 - The Remuneration of General Practitioners and Specialists in 14 OECD Countries: What are the Factors Influencing Variations across Countries? (December 2008)
  Rie Fujisawa and Gaetan Lafortune
  
  
• No. 40 - International Mobility of Health Professionals and Health Workforce Management in Canada: Myths and Realities (October 2008)
  Jean-Christophe Dumont, Pascal Zurn, Jody Church and Christine Le Thi
  
  
• No. 39 - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Germany (October 2008)
  Valérie Paris and Elizabeth Docteur (also available in Korean)
  
  
• No. 38 - Migration of Health Workers: The UK Perspective to 2006 (October 2008)
  James Buchan, Susanna Baldwin and Miranda Munro
  
  
• No. 37 - The US Physician Workforce: Where Do We Stand? (October 2008)
  Richard A. Cooper
  
  
• No. 36 - Migration policies of health professionals in France (October 2008)
  Roland Cash and Philippe Ulmann
  
  
• No. 35 - Nurse Workforce Challenges in the United States: Implications for Policy (October 2008)
  Linda H. Aiken and Robyn Cheung
  
  
• No. 34 - Immigration of Health Professionals to Italy (October 2008)
  Jonathan Chaloff
  
  
• No. 33 - Health Workforce and International Migration: Can New Zealand Compete? (May 2008)
  Pascal Zurn and Jean-Christope Dumont
  
  
• No. 32 - The Prevention of Lifestyle-related Chronic Diseases: an Economic Framework (March 2008)
  Franco Sassi and Jeremy Hurst
  
  
• No. 31 - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Slovakia (February 2008)
  Zoltan Kalo, Elizabeth Docteur and Pierre Moïse
  
  
• No. 30 - Improved Health System Performance Through Better Care Coordination | No. 30 Annex
  (December 2007)
  Maria M. Hofmarcher, Howard Oxley, and Elena Rusticelli
  
  
• No. 29 - Health Care Quality Indicators Project - 2006 data collection update report (October 2007)
  Sandra Garcia Armesto, Maria Luisa Gil Lapetra, Lihan Wei, Edward Kelley and the Members of the HCQI Expert Group
  
  
• No. 28 - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Sweden (July 2007)
  Pierre Moïse and Elizabeth Docteur (also available in Slovak)
  
  
• No. 27 - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Switzerland (June 2007)
  Valérie Paris and Elizabeth Docteur
  
  
• No. 26 - Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People: Assessing the Evidence in 12 OECD Countries and the Future Implications (March 2007)
  Gaetan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat, and the Disability Study Expert Group Members
  
  
• No. 25 - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Mexico (February 2007)
  Pierre Moïse and Elizabeth Docteur
  
  
• No. 24 - Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada (December 2006)
  Valérie Paris and Elizabeth Docteur
  
  
• No. 23 - Health Care Quality Indicators Project Conceptual Framework Paper (March 2006)
  Edward Kelley and Jeremy Hurst
  
  
• No. 22 - Health Care Quality Indicators Project Initial Indicators Report (March 2006)
  Soeren Mattke, Edward Kelley, Peter Scherer, Jeremy Hurst, Maria Luisa Gil Lapetra and the HCQI Expert Group Members
  
  
• No. 21 - The Supply of Physician Services in OECD Countries (January 2006)
  Steven Simoens and Jeremy Hurst
  
  
• No. 20 - Consumer Direction and Choice in Long-Term Care for Older Persons, Including Payments for Informal Care: How Can it Help Improve Care Outcomes, Employment and Fiscal Sustainability? (May 2005)
  Jens Lundsgaard
  
  
• No. 19 - Tackling Nurse Shortages in OECD Countries (2005)
  Steven Simoens, Mike Villeneuve and Jeremy Hurst
  
  
• No. 18 - Private Health Insurance in the Netherlands: A Case Study (December 2004)
  Nicole Tapay and Francesca Colombo
  
  
• No. 17 - Skill-Mix and Policy Change in the Health Workforce: Nurses in Advanced Roles (February 2005)
  James Buchan and Lynn Calman
  
  
• No. 16 - SHA-Based National Health Accounts in Thirteen OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis(August 2004)
  Eva Orosz and David Morgan
  
  
• No. 15 - Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries: The Benefits and Costs for Individuals and Health Systems (2004)
  Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
  
  
• No. 14 - Income-related inequality in the use of medical care in 21 OECD countries (May 2004)
  Eddy van Doorslaer and Cristina Masseria
  
  
• No. 13 - Dementia Care in 9 OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis (July 2004)
  Pierre Moïse, Michael Schwarzinger, Myung-Yong Um and the Dementia Experts’ Group
  
  
• No. 12 - Private Health Insurance in France (March 2004) 
  Thomas C. Buchmueller and Agnes Couffinhal
  
  
• No. 11 - The Slovak Health Insurance System and the Potential Role for Private Health Insurance: Policy Challenges (March 2004) 
  Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
  
  
• No. 10 - Private Health Insurance in Ireland: A Case Study (February 2004) 
  Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
  
  
• No. 9 - Health-Care Systems: Lessons from the Reform Experience (December 2003)
  Elizabeth Docteur and Howard Oxley
  
  
• No. 8 - Private Health Insurance in Australia: A Case Study (October 2003) 
  Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay
  
  
• No. 7 - Explaining Waiting Times Variations for Elective Surgery across OECD Countries (October 2003) 
  Luigi Siciliani and Jeremy Hurst
  
  
• No. 6 - Tackling Excessive Waiting Times for Elective Surgery: A Comparison of Policies in Twelve OECD countries (July 2003)
  Jeremy Hurst and Luigi Siciliani
       No. 6 - Annex 1
       No. 6 - Annex 2
  
  
• No. 5 - Stroke Care in OECD Countries: A Comparison of Treatment, Costs and Outcomes in 17 Countries | No. 5 - Annex (June 2003) 
  Lynelle Moon, Pierre Moïse, Stéphane Jacobzone and the ARD-Stroke Experts Group
      
  
• No. 4 - Survey of Pharmacoeconomic Assessment Activity in Eleven Countries (May 2003) 
  Michael Dickson, Jeremy Hurst and Stéphane Jacobzone
  
  
• No. 3 - OECD Study of Cross-National Differences in the Treatment, Costs and Outcomes of Ischaemic Heart Disease (April 2003) 
  Pierre Moïse, Stéphane Jacobzone and the ARD-IHD Experts Group
       No. 3 - Annex 1: Tables and Charts
       No. 3 - Annex 2: Charts
  
  
• No. 2 - Investment in Population Health in Five OECD Countries (April 2003) 
  Jan Bennett
  
  
• No. 1 - Pharmaceutical Use and Expenditure for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: a Study of 12 OECD Countries (February 2003) 
  Michael Dickson and Stéphane Jacobzone
  

For older papers, please see the now-retired series, Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers.

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