OECD Health Policy Studies - Improving Value in Health Care: Measuring Quality

This publication describes what international comparable quality measures are currently available and how to link these measures to quality policies such as accreditation, practice guidelines, pay-for-performance, national safety programmes and quality reporting.

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Santé : des soins de qualité à des prix raisonnables

Les ministres de la santé et des hauts fonctionnaires de quelque 35 pays se réuniront cette semaine au siège de l’OCDE afin d’échanger leurs points de vue sur les moyens de concilier au mieux le droit des citoyens de leurs pays à bénéficier des meilleurs soins de santé possibles

Institutional Determinants of Worker Flows (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 107)

This paper analyses the role of a number of labour and product market institutions in shaping cross-country differences in gross worker flows.

Trends in Pension Eligibility Ages and Life Expectancy, 1950-2050 (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 105)

The pensionable age is the most visible parameter of retirement-income systems. This paper surveys pensionable ages in the OECD for a period of a century: back to 1950 and forward to 2050.

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Reforming Policies on Foreign Workers in Israel (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 103)

This working paper presents the Israeli labor migration scheme that lies not only by socio-economic considerations but also by geopolitical interests. These were linked to the articulation of a unilateral "separation" paradigm between Israelis and Palestinians that prevailed during the Oslo year

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Israeli Child Policy and Outcomes (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 104)

This working paper presents an overview of child policy in Israel. It covers a wide range of services and policies that are intended to further the wellbeing of children in Israel or that have an impact upon the wellbeing of children.

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Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - Spain Key Facts

Adult obesity rates in Spain are higher than the OECD average, but child rates are amongst the highest in the OECD. Two out of 3 men are overweight and 1 in 6 people are obese in Spain.

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Third Lancet Series on Chronic Diseases: Russian Federation - Key Facts

After the political transition rates of obesity rose in the Russian Federation. Currently, half of the population is overweight, 1 in 4 women and one in 10 men are obese.

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - Italy Key Facts

Obesity rates are low Italy, relative to most OECD countries, but are very high among children. About 1 in 10 people is obese in Italy, significantly less than the OECD average of 1 in 6. More than 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women are overweight.

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Third Lancet Series on Chronic Diseases: England - Key Facts

Obesity rates in the United Kingdom are the highest in Europe. Two in 3 men and more than 1 in 2 women are overweight in the United Kingdom. One in 4 people are obese.