Learn about the latest interviews, articles and media interventions from the OECD Health Division staff. 

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ARTICLES AND REPORTS FROM THE OECD HEALTH DIVISION STAFF

• Does size matter? The impact of caseload and expertise concentration on AMI 30-day mortality - A comparison across 10 OECD countries, authored by Benoît Lalloué, Michael Padget, Ian Brownwood, Etienne Minvielle, Niek Klazinga. Health Policy, 15 March 2019
• Technological change in healthcare is not simply about adoption, interview of Francesca Colombo in ICT&health - Transforming Healthcare Through Technology, December 2018
• "Where does France currently stand compared to other OECD countries?", interview of Francesca Colombo for the Institut Montaigne blog, November 2018
• Patient-reported measurement can enable better outcomes, article by Francesca Colombo, Government Gazette 2018: Vol 1 (May 2018 issue)
• How should the EU act differently in tackling the burden of breast cancer?, article by Francesca Colombo and Rie Fujisawa, Government Gazette, July 2017 issue
• Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat that needs global action – now, Europe’s World, published on April 14 2017, Spring 2017 issue. Article authored by Francesca Colombo
• Countries need to dig deeper on patient outcomes data to improve healthcare systems, Science|Business, November 2016. The head of the health division at the OECD, Francesca Colombo, says members are making poor use of health data. She is calling for a broader collection of personal health information, to reflect the outcomes that matter to patients
• Europe’s health systems on life support, Politico, September 30, 2016. Interview of Chris James
• Let's take ownership of this public health challenge, article by Francesca Colombo, Government Gazette, September 2016 issue
• Santé 2017 : Comment financer l’accroissement des dépenses de santé ?, blog post by Valérie Paris, Senior Health Policy Analyst at the OECD Health Division
• The doctor will see you now (if you turn on the video), blog post by Mark Pearson, Deputy Director, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Also published by Europe’s World
• Comparing Hospitals and Health Prices and Volumes Across Countries: A New Approach, Social Indicators Research, 16 December 2015. Article authored by Francette Koechlin, Paul Konijn, Luca Lorenzoni, Paul Schreyer
• Social disparities in hazardous alcohol use: self-report bias may lead to incorrect estimates, The European Journal of Public Health, 19 November 2015. Article authored by Marion Devaux, Franco Sassi
• Adapting to an ageing population, AG - Adjacent Government, August 2015, p. 94. Interview of Francesca Colombo
• Europe’s ageing prompts a revolution in healthcare, Europe’s World, published on June 22, 2015, Summer 2015 issue. Article authored by Francesca Colombo
• Income-related inequalities and inequities in health care services utilisation in 18 selected OECD countries, The European Journal of Health Economics, January 2015. Article authored by Marion Devaux
• Health-care expenditure and health policy in the USA versus other high-spending OECD countries, The Lancet, Volume 384, Issue 9937, 5–11 July 2014, Pages 83–92. Co-authored by Luca Lorenzoni, Annalisa Belloni, Franco Sassi
• Financial impact of the GFC: health care spending across the OECD, Health Economics, Policy and Law / FirstView Article pp 1-13 © Cambridge University Press 2014. Article authored by David Morgan and Roberto Astolfi
• The Dutch health care performance report: seven years of health care performance assessment in the Netherlands, van den Berg et al., Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:1. January 2014. Article co-authored by Niek S. Klazinga
• Income-related inequalities and inequities in health care services utilisation in 18 selected OECD countries, The European Journal of Health Economics, December 2013. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. Article authored by Marion Devaux
• Les modes de rémunération des médecins dans des pays de l'OCDE, Les Tribunes de la santé 40, October 2013, Presses de Sciences Po. Article authored by Valérie Paris, Marion Devaux (in French)
• Resolving the challenges in the international comparison of health systems: The must do's and the trade-offs, Health Policy, Volume 112, Issue 1, September 2013. Article authored by Ian Forde, David Morgan, Niek S. Klazinga
• International comparisons of health system performance among OECD countries: Opportunities and data privacy protection challenges, Health Policy, Volume 112, Issue 1, September 2013; issue on "Health System Performance Comparison: New Directions in Research and Policy". Article authored by Jillian Oderkirk, Elettra Ronchi, Niek S. Klazinga
• The reform of the essential medicines system in China: a comprehensive approach to universal coverage, Journal of Global Health, June 2013 - Vol. 3 No. 1 - 010303. Article co-authored by Valérie Paris
• Help Wanted? Fair and Sustainable Financing of Long-Term Care Services, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Summer 2012. Article authored by Francesca Colombo and Jérôme Mercier
   

MULTIMEDIA

Francesca Colombo, Head of the OECD Health Division, was interviewed by PressTV on November 5, 2015: "OECD calls for improvements to French healthcare".

Better Science, Better Health: New Healthcare Models - An International Gathering of the World’s Thought Leaders in New Healthcare Models. Washington DC, October 28, 2015. Watch Mark Pearson, Deputy Director of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, speak in the session on "Real World Evidence: Moving Beyond the Hype".

Francesca Colombo attended the 2014 Convention on Health Analysis and Management (CHAM) and talked about "Maladies chroniques : De l'hôpital aux soins primaires" (video available in French only).

 

• Valérie Paris was invited by the Inter-American Development Bank to do a webinar on Health Benefit Plans in OECD Countries, on May 15, 2014 (in Spanish: Planes de Beneficios de Salud en países de la OCDE). Read her presentation and watch the webinar.

 

Mark Pearson gave a presentation on "How evidence is used in policy making from an OECD perspective" at the Health Workforce Australia Conference in Adelaide (November 18-20, 2013).

 

• Yuki Murakami received the “Symbols of Tomorrow” award in October 2013 from “Ashitano Shocho”, which gives recognition to the work of professionals and researchers in the area of medical care, health and life sciences in Japan. Read the Asahi Shimbun article (30 October 2013).
  
  

OECD/PBS NEWSHOUR

PBS NewsHour and the OECD have teamed to launch an online series to explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with the United States. Articles dealing with pharmaceuticals, obesity, older people, mental health and causes of mortality have been published so far, along with detailed data visualisations for some of them. 

• Why do Americans spend so much on pharmaceuticals?: article at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/americans-spend-much-pharmaceuticals/
• Fighting the obesity epidemic: article at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/04/how-us-obesity-compares-with-other-countries.html
• Caring for older people: article at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/05/how-growth-of-elderly-population-in-us-compares-with-other-countries.html
• Mental health: article at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/06/how-mental-health-impacts-us-workers.html
• What we die of: article at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/08/top-causes-of-us-death.html
  
  

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