This series is designed to make available to a wider readership health studies prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language - English or French - with a summary in the other.
 

• No. 148 - International assessment of the use and results of patient-reported outcome measures for hip and knee replacement surgery (September 2022)
  Candan Kendir, Katherine de Bienassis, Luke Slawomirski, Niek Klazinga
• No. 147 - The economics of medication safety: Improving medication safety through collective, real-time learning (September 2022)
  Katherine de Bienassis, Laura Esmail, Ruth Lopert and Niek Klazinga
• No. 146 - Exploring the consequences of greater price transparency on the dynamics of pharmaceutical markets (September 2022)
  Eliana Barrenho and Ruth Lopert
  - Also read the related additional material: a Supplementary Analysis is available to complement this publication
• No. 145 - The economics of patient safety - From analysis to action (August 2022)
  Luke Slawomirski and Niek Klazinga
• No. 144 - Investing in health systems to protect society and boost the economy - Priority investments and order-of-magnitude cost estimates (July 2022)
  David Morgan and Chris James
• No. 143 - The provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania (July 2022)
  Doron Wijker, Paola Sillitti and Emily Hewlett
• No. 142 - International comparisons of the quality and outcomes of integrated care (May 2022)
  Eliana Barrenho, Philip Haywood, Candan Kendir and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
  - Also read the related additional material: a Supplementary Analysis is available to complement this publication as well as the 2020-2021 OECD Data Collection Guidelines supporting the pilot data collection 
• No. 141 - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in OECD countries (May 2022)
  Rie Fujisawa
• No. 140 - Supporting informal carers of older people - Policies to leave no carer behind (May 2022)
  Eileen Rocard and Ana Llena-Nozal
• No. 139 - Improving data on pharmaceutical expenditure in hospitals and other health care settings (April 2022)
  David Morgan and Fan Xiang
• No. 138 - Health data and governance developments in relation to COVID-19 - How OECD countries are adjusting health data systems for the new normal (April 2022)
  Katherine de Bienassis, Rie Fujisawa, Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi, Niek Klazinga and Jillian Oderkirk
• No. 137 - Shortages of medicines in OECD countries (March 2022)
  Suzannah Chapman, Guillaume Dedet and Ruth Lopert
  Also read the related supplementary material:
  - Supplementary Material 1: OECD analysis of national shortage monitoring systems
  - Supplementary Material 2: International trade flows of selected groups of medicines
• No. 136 - Antimicrobial resistance in long-term care facilities (February 2022)
  Nkiruka Eze, Michele Cecchini and Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi
• No. 135 - Establishing standards for assessing patient-reported outcomes and experiences of mental health care in OECD countries - Technical report of the PaRIS mental health working group pilot data collection (February 2022)
  Katherine de Bienassis, Emily Hewlett, Candan Kendir, Solvejg Kristensen, Jan Mainz and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 134 - Developing international benchmarks of patient safety culture in hospital care (January 2022)
  Katherine de Bienassis and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 133 - Cluster analysis to assess the transferability of public health interventions (May 2022)
  Olivia Wiper, Sabine Vuik, Jane Cheatley and Michele Cecchini
• No. 132 - Modelling life trajectories of body-mass index (November 2021)
  Sabine Vuik and Michele Cecchini
• No. 131 - COVID-19 in long-term care (October 2021)
  Eileen Rocard, Paola Sillitti and Ana Llena-Nozal
• No. 130 - The economics of patient safety Part IV: Safety in the workplace - Occupational safety as the bedrock of resilient health systems (September 2021)
  Katherine de Bienassis, Luke Slawomirski and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 129 - Empowering the health workforce to make the most of the digital revolution (July 2021)
  Karolina Socha-Dietrich
• No. 128 - Laying the foundations for artificial intelligence in health (June 2021)
  Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi, Luke Slawomirski and Jillian Oderkirk
• No. 127 - Survey results: National health data infrastructure and governance (April 2021)
  Jillian Oderkirk
• No. 126 - International migration and movement of doctors to and within OECD countries - 2000 to 2018 (February 2021)
  Karolina Socha-Dietrich and Jean-Christophe Dumont
• No. 125 - International migration and movement of nursing personnel to and within OECD countries - 2000 to 2018 (February 2021)
  Karolina Socha-Dietrich and Jean-Christophe Dumont
• No. 124 - Skills for the future health workforce - Preparing health professionals for people-centred care (February 2021)
  Akiko Maeda and Karolina Socha-Dietrich
• No. 123 - Challenges in access to oncology medicines: Policies and practices across the OECD and the EU (November 2020)
  Suzannah Chapman, Valérie Paris and Ruth Lopert
• No. 122 - Excess mortality: Measuring the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 (October 2020)
  David Morgan, Junya Ino, Gabriel Di Paolantonio and Fabrice Murtin
• No. 121 - The economics of patient safety Part III: Long-term care - Valuing safety for the long haul (September 2020)
  Katherine de Bienassis, Ana Llena-Nozal and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 120 - System governance towards improved patient safety (September 2020)
  Ane Auraaen, Kristin Saar and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 119 - Culture as a cure: Assessments of patient safety culture in OECD countries (June 2020)
  Katherine de Bienassis, Solvejg Kristensen, Magdalena Burtscher, Ian Brownwood and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 118 - Reassessing private practice in public hospitals in Ireland: An overview of OECD experiences (May 2020)
  Michael Mueller and Karolina Socha-Dietrich 
• No. 117 - The effectiveness of social protection for long-term care in old age (April 2020)
  Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi and Ana Llena-Nozal
• No. 116 - Bringing health care to the patient: An overview of the use of telemedicine in OECD countries (January 2020) 
  Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi
• No. 115 - Performance-based managed entry agreements for new medicines in OECD countries and EU member states (December 2019)
  Martin Wenzl and Suzannah Chapman
• No. 114 - Methodological development of international measurement of acute myocardial infarction 30-day mortality rates at the hospital level (December 2019)
  Michael Padget, Nelly Biondi and Ian Brownwood
  
• No. 113 - The impact of technological advancements on health spending - A literature review (August 2019)
  Alberto Marino and Luca Lorenzoni
  
• No. 112 - Current and past trends in physical activity in four OECD countries: Empirical results from time use surveys in Canada, France, Germany and the United States (June 2019)
  Sahara Graf and Michele Cecchini
• No. 111 - Health systems characteristics: A survey of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries (June 2019)
  Luca Lorenzoni, Diana Pinto, Frederico Guanais, Tomas Plaza Reneses, Frédéric Daniel and Ane Auraaen
• No. 110 - Health Spending Projections to 2030 - New results based on a revised OECD methodology (May 2019)
  Luca Lorenzoni, Alberto Marino, David Morgan and Chris James
• No. 109 - Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes (April 2019)
  Sabine Vuik, Marion Devaux and Michele Cecchini
• OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism - No. 28 - Decentralisation and performance measurement systems in health care (April 2019)
  Ivor Beazley, Sean Dougherty, Chris James, Caroline Penn and Leah Phillips
• OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism - No. 27- The impact of decentralisation on the performance of health care systems: A non-linear relationship (March 2019)
  Sean Dougherty, Luca Lorenzoni, Alberto Marino and Fabrice Murtin
• No. 108 - Trends in life expectancy in EU and other OECD countries: Why are improvements slowing? (February 2019) 
  Veena S. Raleigh
• No. 107 - Health literacy for people-centred care - Where do OECD countries stand? (December 2018)
  Liliane Moreira
• No. 106 - The economics of patient safety in primary and ambulatory care - Flying blind (November 2018)
  Ane Auraaen, Luke Slawomirski and Niek Klazinga
• No. 105 - Investing in medication adherence improves health outcomes and health system efficiency (June 2018)
  Rabia Khan and Karolina Socha-Dietrich
• No. 104 - Which policies increase value for money in health care? (March 2018)
  Luca Lorenzoni, Fabrice Murtin, Laura-Sofia Springare, Ane Auraaen, Frédéric Daniel
• No. 103 - Inclusive growth and health (December 2017)
  Chris James, Marion Devaux, Franco Sassi
• No. 102 - Measuring patient experiences (PREMS) (December 2017)
  Nicolaas S. Klazinga, Rie Fujisawa
• No. 101 - How much do OECD countries spend on prevention? (December 2017)
  Michael Gmeinder, David Morgan, Michael Mueller
• No. 100 - Diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours (December 2017)
  Sahara Graf, Michele Cecchini
• No. 99 - Readiness of electronic health record systems to contribute to national health information and research (December 2017)
  Jillian Oderkirk
• No. 98 - Nurses in advanced roles in primary care - Policy levers for implementation (November 2017)
  Claudia B. Maier, Linda H. Aiken, Reinhard Busse
• No. 97 - Understanding Effective Approaches to Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Mental Illness (October 2017)
  David McDaid, Emily Hewlett, A-La Park
• No. 96 - The economics of patient safety: Strengthening a value-based approach to reducing patient harm at national level (June 2017) 
  Luke Slawomirski, Ane Auraaen, Nicolaas S. Klazinga
• No. 95 - Future trends in health care expenditure: A modelling framework for cross-country forecasts (June 2017)
  Alberto Marino, David Morgan, Luca Lorenzoni, Chris James
• No. 94 - Understanding variations in hospital length of stay and cost (April 2017)
  Luca Lorenzoni, Alberto Marino
• No. 93 - Measuring social protection for long-term care (March 2017)
  Tim Muir
• No. 92 - Cyclical vs structural effects on health care expenditure trends in OECD countries (February 2017)
  Luca Lorenzoni, Jonathan Millar, Franco Sassi, Douglas Sutherland
• No. 91 - An OECD Analysis of Health Spending in Norway (January 2017)
  David Morgan, Michael Gmeinder, Jens Wilkens
• No. 90 - How OECD health systems define the range of good and services to be financed collectively (November 2016)
  Ane Auraaen, Rie Fujisawa, Grégoire de Lagasnerie, Valérie Paris
• No. 89 - The organisation of out-of-hours primary care in OECD countries (September 2016)
  Caroline Berchet, Carol Nader
• No. 88 - Health care coverage in OECD countries in 2012 (May 2016)
  Valérie Paris, Emily Hewlett, Ane Auraaen, Jan Alexa, Lisa Simon
• No. 87 - Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Policies: Past Trends and Future Challenges (April 2016)
  Annalisa Belloni, David Morgan, Valérie Paris
• No. 86 - The Labour Market Impacts of Obesity, Smoking, Alcohol Use and Related Chronic Diseases (November 2015)
  Marion Devaux, Franco Sassi
• No. 85 - International comparison of South African private hospital price levels (February 2016)
  Luca Lorenzoni (OECD) and Tomas Roubal (WHO)
• No. 84 - Public Expenditure Projections for Health and Long-Term Care for China Until 2030 (October 2015)
  Luca Lorenzoni, David Morgan, Yuki Murakami, Chris James
• No. 83 - Emergency Care Services: Trends, Drivers and Interventions to Manage the Demand (August 2015)
  Caroline Berchet
• No. 82 - Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs): Sweden (July 2015)
  Pauliina Patana
• No. 81 - Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs): England (July 2015)
  Emily Hewlett, Kierran Horner
• No. 80 - Assessing the Impacts of Alcohol Policies: A Microsimulation Approach (May 2015)
  Michele Cecchini, Marion Devaux, Franco Sassi
• No. 79 - Alcohol Consumption and Harmful Drinking: Trends and Social Disparities Across OECD Countries (May 2015)
  Marion Devaux, Franco Sassi
• No. 78 - Tapering payments in hospitals: Experiences in OECD countries (March 2015)
  Grégoire de Lagasnerie, Valérie Paris, Michael Mueller, Ankit Kumar
  
  

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