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Achieving higher performance: Enhancing spending efficiency in health and education in Mexico

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03-Nov-2009

Cyrille Schwellnus

Despite progress over the past two decades Mexico’s health and education indicators remain well below the average of the OECD and some of its Latin American emerging market peers.

Economic Survey of Mexico 2009: Overcoming the financial crisis and the macroeconomic downturn

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30-Jul-2009

Despite improved fundamentals, Mexico is hit hard by the financial crisis, being exposed to several simultaneous external shocks. A welcome, but weak, stimulus was passed for 2009, and policy will likely need to be supportive also in 2010.

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

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01-Jul-2009

Total health spending accounted for 5.9% of GDP in Mexico in 2007, one of the lowest shares among OECD countries and three percentage points lower than the average of 8.9% in OECD countries.

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Mexico (Health Working Paper No. 25)

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13-Feb-2007

Pierre Moïse and Elizabeth Docteur

The OECD has released an OECD Health Working Paper (No. 25) from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Mexico.

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: A series of country reports

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25-Jan-2007

OECD Reviews of Health Systems are in-depth studies of the health system of member countries.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2006: MEXICO

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26-Jun-2006

Total health spending accounted for 6.5% of GDP in Mexico in 2004, more than two percentage points lower than the average of 8.9% in OECD countries.

Panorama de la salud: indicadores de la OCDE para 2005. Resumen en español

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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.

OECD Reviews of Health Systems - Mexico

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15-Jul-2005

The health status of Mexicans has experienced marked progress over the past few decades.

OECD Reviews of Health Systems - Mexico

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15-Jul-2005

This book describes the strengths and weaknesses of the Mexican health system in terms of access to health care, quality of care, efficient supply of services and the financial sustainabi

Performance and Reform in the Mexican Health System - Article published in El Economista

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06-Apr-2005

The OECD has reviewed the Mexican health system in a report released on April 6. What are the key messages?

Policy Brief - Health