Health Update

June 2012
News about OECD work on health

 

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Russian Federation 2012 Life expectancy fell sharply in Russia in the 1990s, to levels well below those in OECD countries. Recently, things have improved, as Russia reforms its health care, increases health spending, and tackles harmful use of alcohol and tobacco. This OECD review, to be released on 21st June, assesses how far Russia has gone in overhauling its health policies, and what else it should be doing to improve the health of its citizens. Click here for more information

Diabetes Roadmap Following the European Diabetes Leadership Forum (EDLF) which took place on 25-26 April 2012, the Copenhagen Roadmap presents practical and concrete initiatives to improve diabetes prevention, early detection and intervention, as well as management and control. Click here for more information

OECD Health Data 2012 The OECD Health Database, to be released on 28 June 2012, offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool for health researchers and policy advisors in governments, the private sector and the academic community, to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health care systems. For more information: http://www.oecd.org/health/healthdata

Just released Improving Health Outcomes and System in Hungary - click to view the working paper

Coming soon Economic Survey of the Netherlands, including a chapter on health, to be released on 13 June: go to Economic Surveys and Country Surveillance OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Russian Federation 2012, out on 21 June, click here to read more Working paper: Measuring and explaining disparities in health care utilisation: http://www.oecd.org/health/workingpapers Joint OECD and the Ministry of Health of Israel conference on Financing models of healthcare systems: 22-23 October 2012. For further information please contact: health.economics@moh.health.gov.il

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