The preparation and writing of this report were co‑ordinated by Luca Lorenzoni. Co‑authors include Aikaterini Giannadou, Nicolás Larrain and Giulia Perego of the OECD. Ruth Thorlby and Hugh Alderwick (The Health Foundation, United Kingdom) provided guidance and advice on the analysis and reviewed several versions of the report.
The authors would like to extend their gratitude to the members of the Technical Advisory Group who advised on the framework, methodologies and analytical choices made in conducting the project: Reinhard Busse, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany); Jonathan Cylus, World Health Organization Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing, Barcelona (Spain) and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London (United Kingdom); Sophie Gerkens and Nicolas Bouckaert, Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE), Bruxelles (Belgium); Philip Haywood, University of Sydney, Sydney (Australia) – the Chair of the group; Irene Papanicolas, Brown University, Providence (United States); Veena Raleigh, The King’s Fund, London (United Kingdom); Marco Varkevisser, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (the Netherlands); and Claus Wendt, University of Siegen, Siegen (Germany). Those experts did not represent countries and served in an honorary capacity. This report would not have been possible without their contributions and support.
The authors would also like to extend their gratitude to the participants in the OECD Health Committee who reviewed and commented on previous versions of the report, and to the many government officials and policy and technical experts across the OECD who responded to several rounds of the OECD health systems characteristics survey. Neither they nor their institutions are responsible for any of the opinions expressed in this report.
At the OECD, the authors wish to thank Francesca Colombo, Frederico Guanais and Mark Pearson, from the Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, for their comments and suggestions. Thanks also go to Isabelle Vallard for her valuable administrative support, and to Lucy Hulett for editorial and media assistance.
The work has received financial support from The Health Foundation.