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

A System of Health Accounts 2011

The revised System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011) is the new global standard for producing health expenditure accounts. Data produced under the system will be more comparable, more convincing, and more policy relevant.

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• A System of Health Accounts

OECD Health Data 2012: Frequently Requested Data (Excel file), English. Updated October 2012.

OECD Health Data 2012: Frequently Requested Data (Excel file), English. Updated October 2012.

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• OECD Health Data 2012

Base de données de l'OCDE sur la santé 2012 - Données fréquemment demandées

Indicateurs clés inclus dans la Base de données de l'OCDE sur la santé 2012, couvrant les facteurs de risque, les dépenses de santé, les ressources en santé, les activités liées aux soins de santé, la mortalité. Mise à jour en octobre 2012.

Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector - What Works?

This book provides a framework to understand why there are waiting lists for elective surgery in some OECD countries and not in others. It also describes how waiting times are meaured in OECD countries, which differ widely, and makes recommendations for best practice. Finally, it reviews different policy approaches to tackling excessive waiting times.

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• Second OECD Waiting Times Study

Comparing activities and performance of the hospital sector in Europe: how many surgical procedures performed as inpatient and day cases?

This project aims to improve the comparability of data on surgical procedures available across European and non-European OECD countries by testing some methodological improvements to promote greater consistency in data reporting. It also analyses the results of the data collection on surgical procedure rates in terms of variations across countries and trends over time.

Long-Term Care Dataset - OECD Health Data 2012

Long-Term Care Dataset - OECD Health Data 2012

OECD/Korea Policy Centre – Health and Social Policy Programmes

The OECD/Korea Policy Centre fosters the exchange of technical information and policy experiences relating to the Asia Pacific region in areas such as health statistics, pension reforms and social policy and expenditure.

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• A System of Health Accounts
• Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2012

Development of output-based hospital-specific Purchasing Power Parities

The results of this project will provide policy makers with a greater understanding of the role of price and volumes when comparing hospital expenditures internationally.

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• A System of Health Accounts 2011

Issue No. 15: November 2012

News on Health issues from the OECD. Health at a Glance: Europe 2012, Health at a Glance Asia/ Pacific 2012, Health Data 2012: These are featured in the November 2012 issue of Health Update along with many other releases and project news.