Improving cost effectiveness in the health care sector in Iceland

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16-Oct-2008

Hannes Suppanz

Health outcomes and the quality of health care in Iceland are very good by international comparison, while income related health inequality appears to be smaller than in most other countries.

Health status determinants: lifestyle, environment, health care resources and efficiency

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05-Aug-2008

Isabelle Joumard, Christophe André, Chantal Nicq and Olivier Chatal

This paper aims to shed light on the contribution of health care and other determinants to the health status of the population and to provide evidence on whether or not health care resources are producing similar value for money across OECD countries

Public social spending in Korea in the context of rapid population ageing

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22-May-2008

Randall S. Jones

Faced with exceptionally rapid population ageing, Korea should address obstacles that lower fertility rates while encouraging higher labour force participation, particularly among women.

Moving towards more sustainable healthcare financing in Germany

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19-May-2008

Nicola Brandt

The aim of the recent healthcare reform was to increase the sustainability of healthcare finances, by reducing its negative impact on employment and increasing cost-effectiveness via enhanced competition.

Delivering cost efficient public services in health care, education and housing in Chile

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16-Apr-2008

Diego Moccero

The Chilean authorities plan to raise budgetary allocations over the medium term for a variety of social programmes, including education, health care and housing. Read more in Economics Department Working Paper 606.

Making federalism work in Italy

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07-Jan-2008

Alexandra Bibbee

Italy has launched itself in the federalist direction by decentralising spending, regulatory and tax powers in the late 1990s and reinforcing growing lower level responsibilities with a constitutional reform in 2001.

Cross-country analysis of efficiency in OECD health care sectors: options for research

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28-May-2007

Unto Häkkinen and Isabelle Joumard

Working Paper 554 presents three main options for measuring effectiveness in the health care sector, discusses their pros and cons, including data availability and the possibility of whether these options would allow an analysis of how the institutional setting shapes spending effectiveness.

Healthcare reform in Russia: Problems and prospects

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23-Jan-2007

William Tompson

This paper examines the prospects plans for healthcare reform in Russia over the medium term. Economics Department Working Paper 538.

Balancing health care quality and cost containment: the case of Norway

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22-Feb-2006

Alexandra Bibbee and Flavio Padrini

This paper investigates how further reform of the Norwegian health system can deliver better "value for money".  Economics Department Working Papers 481.

Projecting OECD health and long-term care expenditures: What are the main drivers?

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09-Feb-2006

Economics Department Working Paper 477. This paper proposes a comprehensive framework for projecting public heath and long-term care expenditures. Notably, it considers the impact of demographic and non-demographic ...