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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does Ireland Compare

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01-Jul-2009

Total health spending accounted for 7.5% of GDP in Ireland in 2007, almost 1 ½ percentage point lower than the average of 8.9% across OECD countries.

OECD says governments must continue reforms of disability systems

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20-Nov-2008

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 Ireland

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14-Apr-2008

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

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: IRELAND

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26-Jun-2006

Total health spending accounted for 7.1% of GDP in Ireland in 2004, some way below the latest available average of 8.9% across OECD countries.

Private Health Insurance in Ireland: A Case Study (OECD Health Working Papers No. 10)

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20-Feb-2004

Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay

This paper analyses the Irish private health insurance (PHI) market. It describes how PHI interacts with the public system, and assesses its contribution to equity, efficiency and responsiveness of the health system.

OECD Private Health Insurance in Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands (Presentation by Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay at the iHEA Conference )

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15-Jun-2003

Presents background information, objectives, methods and preliminary findings in Private Health Insurance market in Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands.