Health at a Glance: Europe 2012

This book presents a set of key indicators of health status, determinants of health, health care resources and activities, quality of care, health expenditure and financing in 35 European countries, including the 27 European Union member states, 5 candidate countries and 3 EFTA countries.

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Health at a Glance: Europe 2012 (PDF)

This book presents a set of key indicators of health status, determinants of health, health care resources and activities, quality of care, health expenditure and financing in 35 European countries, including the 27 European Union member states, 5 candidate countries and 3 EFTA countries.

OECD Expert Workshop on Improving Health Expenditure Forecasting Methods

This workshop will convene leading experts from health and finance backgrounds in government, academia, and international organisations to take stock of progress in health expenditure forecasting and to discuss future directions, in light of policy needs and recent advancements in techniques, detailed data and computing power.

Health: men faring worse than women in hospitalisations for diabetes

New OECD data show that men are more likely to be admitted to hospital as a result of poor management of diabetes than women, even when there are no significant differences in the number of men and women living with diabetes.

Global Forum on Biotechnology: The Evolving Promise of the Life Sciences

The OECD and the ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum jointly organised a one-day Forum on 12 November 2012 in Paris. The event was both retrospective and forward-looking. The forum concluded that the promise of biotechnology is not set but evolves with fresh scientific knowledge, novel laws and regulations. The future of biotechnology needs to also integrate social and cultural dimensions.

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OECD Health Data 2012 Definitions, Sources and Methods: Table of Contents

Access the full information on definitions, sources and methods by indicator, as published in OECD Health Data 2012 in OECD.Stat.

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L’Examen de l’OCDE sur la qualité des soins de santé met en évidence l’excellence de l’offre de soins primaires en Israël et recommande aux autorités israéliennes de mettre dorénavant l’accent sur les soins hospitaliers, afin de les hisser au plus haut niveau de qualité à l’échelle internationale.

OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Israel - Executive Summary, Assessment and recommendations

This report is the second of a new series of publications reviewing the quality of health care across selected OECD countries. OECD Health Care Quality Reviews seek to highlight and support the development of better policies to improve quality in health care.

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