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18-Jul-2007
The medical profession is a growth industry: OECD Health Data 2007 shows that the number of doctors in OECD countries has increased by 35% over the past fifteen years to 2.8 million. In most countries, this growth was driven largely by rising numbers of specialists – up nearly 50% between 1990 and 2005 - compared with the 20% increase in general practitioners (GPs).
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05-Jul-2007
The 2007 edition of Pensions at a Glance has been published in May. It presents a consistent framework for comparing public-pension policies across OECD countries, as well as reliable data. The report provides the basis for not only evaluating existing pension systems, but also designing and implementing future reforms.
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11-May-2007
The May 2007 issue of the newsletter on OECD health-related activities covers, among several other items, health systems' efficiency, pharmaceutical pricing policies, health accounting, medical malpractice, medicines for neglected diseases and environmental and health policies.
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14-Feb-2007
The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Mexico, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.
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26-Jan-2007
The OECD has just released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project . The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.
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19-Oct-2006
Switzerland’s health system meets the important goals of good health outcomes and universal health coverage, but these successes come at a high financial cost. The OECD and the WHO, in a new report on the Swiss health system, praise the quality of the system and make recommendations to control its high spending.
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04-Sep-2006
The third issue of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Newsletter is now available. It focuses on the restated Jobs Strategy and on the challenge of increasing employment in OECD countries, the topic of a recent high-level policy forum. It also reports on the first reviews of disability policies, and presents a new project to measure adult skills.
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26-Jun-2006
Health spending continues to rise in OECD countries and, if current trends continue, governments will need to raise taxes, cut spending in other areas or make people pay more out of their own pockets in order to maintain their existing healthcare systems, new OECD data indicate.
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