Obesity Update 2012: Key facts - CANADA

Obesity rates are high in Canada, relative to most OECD countries, but they have not increased substantially in the last 15 years.

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Health Reform: Meeting the Challenge of Ageing and Multiple Morbidities

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Health at a Glance 2011

This sixth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries.

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Health: medical care improving but better prevention and management of chronic diseases needed to cut costs, says OECD

Though overall medical care is improving, efforts to prevent and better manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma would improve results and lower costs, according to the OECD’s latest edition of Health at a Glance.

Chart set for Health at a Glance 2011 (PowerPoint)

This sixth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems.

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A System of Health Accounts provides a standard accounting framework for the comparable measurement and reporting of health expenditures by the resident population.

Benchmarking of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Health Systems

This OECD project aims to monitor to what extent and how information and communication technologies are used in the health sector.

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Health: Switzerland’s health system is high-performing but must prepare for the future

The Swiss health system is one of the world’s best but must adapt to deal with rising costs and higher rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to a new OECD/WHO report.