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Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries

17-Nov-2004

What is the impact of private health insurance on health systems? This final report on the OECD study on private health insurance provides the first-ever comparative analysis of the role and performance of private health insurance in OECD countries.

The 2004 OECD List of High Production Volume Chemicals

05-Nov-2004

The 2004 OECD List of HPV Chemicals has been updated based on information received from Member Countries and the European Union on chemicals which are produced in OECD in volumes over 1,000 tonnes annually.

Towards High-Performing Health Systems: Policy Studies

18-Oct-2004

This volume contains a selection of the policy studies constituting the OECD Health Project, including: an assessment of the experience with health-system reforms across the OECD area; an investigation of recent attempts to monitor and improve quality of care in OECD countries; an analysis of equity in use of health-care services; a study of imbalances in the supply and demand for doctors and nurses; a comparison of policies to tackle excessive waiting times for elective surgery; an evaluation of the impact of different types of private health insurance on health-system performance; and new projections on the impact of ageing on health and long-term care expenditure.

The OECD Health Project

01-Jun-2004

Find here more information on the OECD Health Project and its component studies: quality of care, equity of access to care, human resources for health care, private health insurance, waiting times, emerging technologies, health system reforms, long-term care. The OECD Health Project commenced in 2001 and culminated with a Meeting of OECD Health Ministers on 13-14 May 2004, when the final report "Towards High-Performing Health Systems" was released. Health Working Papers on Health Reforms, Private Health Insurance, Waiting Times, and Equity of Access to care have been published.

OECD Reviews of Health Care Systems - Korea

02-May-2003

How can the performance of the Korean health care system be improved? How have the July 2000 health sector reforms affected performance?




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