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 Kingdom Compare

Health spending accounted for 9.6% of GDP in the United Kingdom in 2010, just above the OECD average of 9.5%.

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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.

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 - ENGLAND

Obesity rates in the United Kingdom are the highest in Europe.

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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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Long-Term Care

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

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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.

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - United Kingdom (England) Key Facts

Obesity rates in the United Kingdom are the highest in Europe. In England, rates have increased faster than in most OECD countries.