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 France Compare

Health spending accounted for 11.6% of GDP in France in 2010, more than two percentage points higher than the OECD average of 9.5%.

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Health: the high cost of diabetes

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Obesity: Mardi Gras - how fat are people this Tuesday?

More people in developed countries are overweight or obese than ever before, dooming them to years of ill-health and early death. New OECD data show however that in some countries obesity rates are slowing, and that’s good news for people’s health and government budgets.

Obesity Update 2012: Indicateurs Clés - FRANCE

Les taux d’obésité en France sont parmi les plus bas de l’OCDE, mais ils ont augmenté de façon régulière.

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Obesity Update 2012: Key facts - FRANCE

Obesity rates in France are among the lowest in the OECD, but have been increasing steadily.

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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

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Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - France Key Facts

Obesity rates in France are among the lowest in the OECD, but have been increasing steadily. About 1 in 10 people is obese in France, and almost 40% are overweight (including obese). OECD projections indicate that overweight rates will increase by a further 10% within ten years.