The Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS) flagship report “Does healthcare deliver?” presents the results from the first international survey of primary care users aged 45 years and older, focusing on people living with chronic conditions. By capturing patients’ self-reported health outcomes and care experiences, PaRIS offers an invaluable perspective for assessing healthcare systems across the OECD countries and beyond.
This webinar focuses on the results presented in chapter 5 of the PaRIS flagship report focusing on how health outcomes and experiences of people vary by factors such as education, income and gender. The results show that men report better health outcomes and well-being even when other relevant factors such as having multiple chronic condition, age and socio‑economic factors are considered. Men also trust the healthcare system more than women. People with a lower socio‑economic status face a double disadvantage: not only do they fall ill earlier in their lives, but once sick, they also experience worse outcomes compared to their higher earning or higher educated counterparts. International comparisons show an opportunity for international learning as gender and socio‑economic gaps are much larger in some countries than in others. The discussion brings experts on the topic to discuss how a better understanding of these disparities can result in designing better health policies, for more equitable results.
