OECD Series on Health Care Quality Reviews

OECD Health Care Quality Reviews seek to examine what works and what does not work in different countries – both to benchmark the efforts of countries and to provide advice on reforms to improve their health system.

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La Norvège devrait renforcer son dispositif de soins primaires afin de répondre à l’évolution des besoins en matière de santé, selon l’OCDE

L’amélioration du dispositif de soins primaires et de la coordination des services de santé aiderait la Norvège à répondre à l’évolution des besoins de son système de santé, compte tenu du vieillissement de la population et du raccourcissement des séjours à l’hôpital, selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.

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• Norway should strengthen primary care to address evolving healthcare needs, says OECD

Selon l'OCDE, la Norvège devrait renforcer les incitations à travailler plus longtemps

La Norvège est mieux armée que la plupart des autres pays pour faire face au vieillissement de la population.

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• Norway should improve incentives to encourage people to work longer, says OECD
• Norge bør styrke insentivene til å jobbe lengre for eldre arbeidstakere, sier OECD

OECD Health Working Paper No. 56. Description of Alternative Approaches to Measure and Place a Value on Hospital Products in Seven OECD Countries

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.

Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases

Summarises proceedings of a conference looking at examples of human genetic research databases, how they are established, how they are managed and governed, how they might be commercialised, and what the policy considerations might be.

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• Guidelines for Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases (HBGRDs)

Innovation in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Comparing National Innovation Systems at the Sectoral Level

This publication examines the innovation system in pharmaceutical biotechnology in eight OECD countries. Based on rich evidence, it draws policy recommendations to foster innovation in biopharmaceuticals advocating an integrated policy approach.

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