US health care system from an international perspective

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Policy Brief: Obesity Update 2012

The obesity epidemic slowed down in several OECD countries during the past three years. Rates grew less that previously projected, or did not grow at all, according to new data from ten OECD countries. However, rates remain high and social disparities in obesity are unabated.

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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2012: How Does the United States Compare

Health spending accounted for 17.6% of GDP in the United States in 2010, down slightly from 2009 (17.7%) and by far the highest share in the OECD, and a full eight percentage points higher than the OECD average of 9.5%.

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Mardi Gras : un bon jour pour parler d’obésité ?

De plus en plus de gens sont en surpoids ou obèses dans les pays développés, les condamnant à des années de mauvaise santé et à une mort prématurée. Cependant, de nouvelles données de l'OCDE montrent que le taux d'obésité ralenti dans certains pays.

Obesity Update 2012: Key facts - USA

Soaring obesity rates make the US the fattest country in the OECD.

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Description of the OECD's work on Long-Term Care.

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To assess the feasibility of using secondary data sets information to feed an output-based PPP approach for hospital services, we reviewed the main characteristics of diagnoses and procedures coding standards, DRG classification systems, and cost-finding methods used in selected OECD countries.

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OECD Health Working Paper No. 55: Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries: Estimates and Methodological Issues

The mortality amenable to health care is defined as a possible indicator to measure the health care systems performance in preventing premature deaths that can be avoided by appropriate health care intervention. This paper assesses the feasibility of using this indicator in OECD countries.