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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2008 - OECD-Gesundheitsdaten 2008: Österreich im Vergleich

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26-Jun-2008

In Österreich beliefen sich die Gesamtausgaben für Gesundheit im Jahr 2006 auf 10,1% des BIP und lagen damit um mehr als 1 Prozentpunkt über dem OECD-Durchschnitt von 8,9%.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2008: How Does Austria Compare

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26-Jun-2008

Total health spending accounted for 10.1% of GDP in Austria in 2006, more than one percentage point higher than the OECD average of 8.9%.

OECD-Austria Symposium on the Austrian Health System

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25-Jun-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his remarks, Angel Gurría highlighted three challenges faced by all OECD countries engaged in the improvement of their health care sector performance: inequalities in health and in health care; shortfalls in the quality and safety of health care; and the pressures of population agei

Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases

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31-Oct-2006

Summarises proceedings of a conference looking at examples of human genetic research databases, how they are established, how they are managed and governed, how they might be commercialised, and what the policy considerations might be.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2006: AUSTRIA

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26-Jun-2006

Total health spending accounted for 9.6% of GDP in Austria in 2004, slightly higher than the OECD average of 8.9%.

Economic Survey of Austria 2005: Fragmented decision making needs to be reduced

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31-May-2005

Economic Survey of Austria 2005, excerpt taken from chapter 3. Financing and spending responsibilities in some spending programmes, such as hospital care and social assistance, need to be concentrated ...

Economic Survey of Austria 2005: Reforming federal fiscal relations

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31-May-2005

Revisiting the distribution of tasks as well as the funding principles across the levels of government is likely to have a high potential to improve public sector efficiency.

National Web Sites Links on the Web - Other Sources of Chemical Information

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23-Jan-2003

Links to additional sources chemical safety information on the web.

Locations Where Used Nickel-Cadmium Batteries Can Be Dropped off for Recycling (By Country)

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01-Aug-2002

NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERIES, which are found in a variety of applications including cordless and cellular phones, power tools, household appliances, hobbies and games, camcorders and computers, CAN BE RECYCLED in a number of countries.

OECD Finds that Biotechnology Contributes to Industrial Sustainability

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19-Nov-2001

Biotechnology has long held out the promise of providing alternative methods of industrial production that are both environmentally friendly and economically efficient, thus breaking the seemingly inevitable ...