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OECD governments should continue reforming their sickness and disability systems and help people with health problems to retain their jobs or find new ones, according to a new OECD report.

Current Developments in Manufactured Nanomaterials in Denmark

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14-Apr-2008

This paper, submitted by the Danish delegation, shows the current developments in nanotechnology in Denmark, given at the 3rd Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, held 28-30 November ...

Economic survey of Denmark 2008: Health: a major fiscal challenge

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19-Feb-2008

Sustaining universal tax-financed healthcare is feasible, this report argues. But it requires strong efficiency gains, and willingness to cut public funding for long-term care. Finally, the health system might be more responsive when sickness leads to prolonged detachment from the labour market.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2006: DENMARK

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26-Jun-2006

Total health spending accounted for 8.9% of GDP in Denmark in 2004, which is also the average in OECD countries.

Fokus på helbredet: OECD-indikatorer – 2005 udgave. Sammendrag på dansk

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08-Nov-2005

This third edition of Health at a Glance – OECD Indicators 2005 provides the latest comparable data and trends on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries.