Health at a Glance: Europe 2014 - Briefing Note for the United Kingdom

The number of doctors in the UK has grown more rapidly than in any other EU countries since 2000; the number per capita remains lower than the EU average. There has been a sharp drop in deaths from heart attacks in the UK since 2000, reflecting reductions in important risk factors like smoking and better treatments.

Le Royaume-Uni doit s’attaquer au coût élevé de la mauvaise santé mentale, selon l’OCDE

Les problèmes de santé mentale coûtent au Royaume-Uni environ 70 milliards GBP par an, soit à peu près 4.5 % du PIB, sous forme de perte de productivité au travail, de paiements de prestations et de dépenses de santé.

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Health spending fell in real terms in the United Kingdom in 2010 and 2011, says OECD Health at a Glance report

Health spending has fallen in the United Kingdom in 2010 and 2011 for the first time since the 1970s, according to a new OECD report. Health at a Glance 2013 says that spending in real terms per capita fell by 1.1% in 2011, following a 2.5% decline in 2010.

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Selon une nouvelle étude publiée par l'OCDE, la crise économique mondiale a eu d’importantes répercussions sur le bien-être des populations, qui s’étendent bien au-delà des suppressions d’emplois et de la perte de revenus puisqu’elles influent sur la satisfaction des individus à l’égard de leur vie et sur leur confiance dans les pouvoirs publics.

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Santé : le coût élevé du diabète

Quelque 83 millions de personnes sont atteintes de diabète dans l’ensemble des pays de l’OCDE. Compte tenu des tendances actuellement observées, ce sont près de 100 millions de personnes qui seront touchées par cette maladie à l’horizon 2030.

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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.

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OECD Health Working Paper No. 57. The Impact of Pay Increases on Nurses' Labour Market: A Review of Evidence from Four OECD Countries

This report reviews the impact of pay increases on nurses’ labour market in four countries (UK, New Zealand, Finland and Czech Republic). Pay increases contributed to an increase in potential new entrants to nurse education, but the effect on nurses already in work is more difficult to assess.

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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.