Preparing this report was a joint effort by a team of authors from OECD Health Division. The work was co‑ordinated by Luke Slawomirski and Martin Wenzl, who also authored several chapters. Other authors were Elina Suzuki, Karolina Socha-Dietrich, Jillian Oderkirk and Cristina Gall (an external consultant).
The team would like to acknowledge and warmly thank the country delegates of the OECD Health Committee and country experts for their responses to the policy survey, comments on the draft chapters, and suggestions at various stages of the project. Special thanks go to the topic experts who gave their time for telephone interviews.
Within the OECD Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), the authors wish to thank Stefano Scarpetta, Mark Pearson, Francesca Colombo, Frederico Guanais, Valérie Paris and Ruth Lopert who provided valuable comments and viewpoints. Thanks also to Jens Wilkens and Peter Wyckoff, both formerly with the ELS Directorate, who contributed to the development of Chapter 8 and Chapter 4 respectively. Many thanks go to Lucy Hulett and the ELS communications team for their editorial support, and in the design and production of the report. The team would also like to thank Duniya Dedeyn, Lukasz Lech and Isabelle Vallard for their administrative support throughout the project. Thanks also to Paul Gallagher who helped sharpen the key messages from the work.