Expenditure on Prevention Activities under SHA 2011: Supplementary Guidance

Experience from the substantial health gains of the 20th century suggests that spending on prevention could be an important factor. Therefore, gathering data on such spending that are consistent and comparable, both over time and across countries, is potentially very useful. This paper aims to help clarify what should be included as spending on prevention under SHA 2011 to facilitate accurate comparisons.

Review of Health Care Quality: Denmark - Executive Summary

This report is the third of a new series of publications reviewing the quality of health care across selected OECD countries. Among OECD countries, Denmark has led the way in monitoring and policy development for quality of care.

Danemark : des hôpitaux de qualité mais des soins de santé primaires à améliorer

L’administration centrale ainsi que les régions danoises mènent l’effort engagé au niveau international afin de réformer les systèmes hospitaliers : il s’agit d’améliorer la qualité et la sécurité des soins en regroupant les spécialistes dans de grands hôpitaux et en fermant les plus petits établissements.

Hospital Volumes: An International Perspective on Germany - Presentation by Mark Pearson, April 2013

Hospital Volumes: An International Perspective on Germany. Presentation by Mark Pearson during the BMG-OECD Conference on Managing Hospital Volumes, Berlin, April 2013.

Projets analytiques sur la santé

Liste des projets analytiques en cours à la Division de la santé.

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The Economics of Prevention

There is a rising concern in OECD countries about the expected growth in the burden of chronic diseases. This project is primarily focused on whether efforts should be made to prevent non-communicable diseases rather than treating and managing them.

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• European Diabetes Leadership Forum (EDLF), Copenhagen, 25-26 April 2012

Managing Hospital Volumes: Germany and Experiences from OECD Countries

To help inform the Conference on Managing Hospital Volumes, co-organised by the German Federal Ministry of Health and the OECD, to be held on the 11th April 2013 in Berlin, the OECD Secretariat has produced a paper to provide an international perspective on Germany’s situation and the current policy debate.

OECD Health Policy Brief - Report on Health Information Infrastructure

This Brief looks at the upcoming publication "Strengthening Health Information Infrastructure For Health Care Quality Governance" and argues that privacy-respectful uses of data for health, health care quality and health system performance monitoring and research must become widespread, regular activities.

Report Strengthening Health Information Infrastructure (Preliminary version 2 April 2013)

This report is about the progress that has been made in OECD countries to develop national health information infrastructure. It signals important differences among countries in both the data that is available and its accessibility and use; and the opportunities that exist in all countries to continue to strengthen health information infrastructure in the future.

Strengthening Health Information Infrastructure

Health data constitutes a significant resource in most OECD countries that could be used to improve population health, the quality of health care and the performance of health systems. The 2010 Health Ministerial Meeting called for OECD support to strengthen national health information infrastructure to provide the evidence needed to improve health care quality and the performance of health systems.

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• Health Care Quality Indicators