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No. 104 | 07 Mar 2018 |
Which policies increase value for money in health care?
The incentive structures produced by different institutional arrangements in health systems are important determinants of their performance, and can explain some of the differences in cross-country performance patterns.This paper proposes an approach... |
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No. 77 | 05 Sept 2014 |
Wage-setting in the Hospital Sector
This paper examines wage setting mechanisms for health workers in hospitals across eight different OECD countries. It describes similarities and differences and how fixed or fluid these approaches have been in recent years through health system... |
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No. 158 | 27 Jun 2023 |
Value-based payment models in primary care: An assessment of the Menzis Shared Savings programme in the Netherlands
The Menzis Shared Savings Program was initiated in 2014 by the Dutch insurer Menzis and the national primary care organisation Arts en Zorg, and is among the first value-based payment models for primary care in Europe. It runs as a complement to the... |
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No. 63 | 11 Jul 2013 |
Value in Pharmaceutical Pricing
This study analyses how 14 OECD Countries refer to “value” when making decisions on reimbursement and prices of new medicines. It details the type of outcomes considered, the perspective and methods adopted for economic evaluation when used; and the... |
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No. 94 | 11 Apr 2017 |
Understanding variations in hospital length of stay and cost
Hospitals are the most expensive component of OECD health care systems, accounting for around one third of total health care expenditure. Given growing pressures on government budgets, this is an area of expenditure that has already been, and will... |
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No. 162 | 31 Oct 2023 |
Understanding international measures of health spending
Assessing health system performance over time or across countries often means comparing populations with very different characteristics, including age structure. The share of the population aged 65 years and over ranges from less than 1 in 10 in some... |
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No. 97 | 10 Oct 2017 |
Understanding effective approaches to promoting mental health and preventing mental illness
The health, social and economic consequences of poor mental health are substantial. More attention is focusing now on the development of actions to promote better mental health and wellbeing and prevent mental ill-health. This paper provides an... |
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No. 108 | 28 Feb 2019 |
Trends in life expectancy in EU and other OECD countries
This paper reports on trends in life expectancy in the 28 EU countries and some other high-income OECD countries, and examines potential explanations for the slowdown in improvements in recent years. The slowdown in improvements in life expectancy... |
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No. 26 | 30 Mar 2007 |
Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People
As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence... |
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No. 143 | 13 Jul 2022 |
The provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania
This paper sets out the OECD’s assessment of the provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania. It provides an overview of the burden of mental ill health in Lithuania, highlights strengths and challenges of the mental health care... |
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No. 89 | 21 Sept 2016 |
The organisation of out-of-hours primary care in OECD countries
Out-of-hours (OOH) services provide urgent primary care when primary care physician (PCP) offices are closed, most often from 5pm on weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays. Based on a policy survey (covering 27 OECD countries) and the existing... |
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No. 113 | 22 Aug 2019 |
The impact of technological advancements on health spending
The measurement of the impact of technology as a driver of health care expenditure is complex since technological effects are closely interlinked with other determinants such as income and the composition and health status of a population.... |
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No. 117 | 28 Apr 2020 |
The effectiveness of social protection for long-term care in old age
As people grow old and their health deteriorates, they are likely to require help with everyday activities that were once second nature; they need what is commonly termed long-term care (LTC). With demand for LTC in old age expected to grow, OECD... |
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No. 106 | 29 Nov 2018 |
The economics of patient safety in primary and ambulatory care
Building on published patient safety research literature, this paper aims to broaden the existing knowledge base on safety lapses occurring in primary and ambulatory care settings.The findings of this paper show that safety lapses in primary and... |
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No. 130 | 10 Sept 2021 |
The economics of patient safety Part IV: Safety in the workplace
Health care settings are inherently hazardous places, with very unpredictable and complex working environments. These hazards and risks not only result in a range of injuries and ill-health among workers but also jeopardise the safety of patients.... |
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No. 121 | 17 Sept 2020 |
The economics of patient safety Part III: Long-term care
Long-term care (LTC) institutions are now providing care to a greater number of people, and more residents with chronic conditions and multiple co-morbidities, than ever before. Trends suggest this strain will continue to increase as OECD populations... |
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No. 96 | 26 Jun 2017 |
The economics of patient safety
About one in ten patients are harmed during health care. This paper estimates the health, financial and economic costs of this harm. Results indicate that patient harm exerts a considerable global health burden. The financial cost on health systems... |
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No. 145 | 12 Aug 2022 |
The economics of patient safety
Building on previous OECD Health Working Papers on the economics of patient safety, this paper firstly provides an update on the health burden, and financial and economic cost of unsafe care. It then summarises the evidence on the cost-effectiveness... |
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No. 147 | 14 Sept 2022 |
The economics of medication safety
Poor medication practices and inadequate system infrastructure—resulting in poor adherence, medication-related harms, and medication errors—too often results in patient harm. As many as 1 in 10 hospitalizations in OECD countries may be caused by a... |
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No. 37 | 13 Oct 2008 |
The US Physician Workforce
This review surveys trends in physician supply in the United States from 1980 to the present with particular attention to the participation of International Medical Graduates. It discussed the composition of the physician workforce with regards to... |
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Which policies increase value for money in health care?
Luca Lorenzoni, Fabrice Murtin, Laura-Sofia Springare, Ane Auraaen and Frederic Daniel
07 Mar 2018
The incentive structures produced by different institutional arrangements in health systems are important determinants of their performance, and can explain some of the differences in cross-country performance patterns.This paper proposes an approach...
Wage-setting in the Hospital Sector
James Buchan, Ankit Kumar and Michael Schoenstein
05 Sept 2014
This paper examines wage setting mechanisms for health workers in hospitals across eight different OECD countries. It describes similarities and differences and how fixed or fluid these approaches have been in recent years through health system...
Value-based payment models in primary care: An assessment of the Menzis Shared Savings programme in the Netherlands
Luca Lindner and Arthur Hayen
27 Jun 2023
The Menzis Shared Savings Program was initiated in 2014 by the Dutch insurer Menzis and the national primary care organisation Arts en Zorg, and is among the first value-based payment models for primary care in Europe. It runs as a complement to the...
Value in Pharmaceutical Pricing
Valérie Paris and Annalisa Belloni
11 Jul 2013
This study analyses how 14 OECD Countries refer to “value” when making decisions on reimbursement and prices of new medicines. It details the type of outcomes considered, the perspective and methods adopted for economic evaluation when used; and the...
Understanding variations in hospital length of stay and cost
Luca Lorenzoni and Alberto Marino
11 Apr 2017
Hospitals are the most expensive component of OECD health care systems, accounting for around one third of total health care expenditure. Given growing pressures on government budgets, this is an area of expenditure that has already been, and will...
Understanding international measures of health spending
David Morgan and Michael Mueller
31 Oct 2023
Assessing health system performance over time or across countries often means comparing populations with very different characteristics, including age structure. The share of the population aged 65 years and over ranges from less than 1 in 10 in some...
Understanding effective approaches to promoting mental health and preventing mental illness
David McDaid, Emily Hewlett and A-La Park
10 Oct 2017
The health, social and economic consequences of poor mental health are substantial. More attention is focusing now on the development of actions to promote better mental health and wellbeing and prevent mental ill-health. This paper provides an...
Trends in life expectancy in EU and other OECD countries
Veena S. Raleigh
28 Feb 2019
This paper reports on trends in life expectancy in the 28 EU countries and some other high-income OECD countries, and examines potential explanations for the slowdown in improvements in recent years. The slowdown in improvements in life expectancy...
Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People
Gaétan Lafortune and Gaëlle Balestat
30 Mar 2007
As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence...
The provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania
Doron Wijker, Paola Sillitti and Emily Hewlett
13 Jul 2022
This paper sets out the OECD’s assessment of the provision of community-based mental health care in Lithuania. It provides an overview of the burden of mental ill health in Lithuania, highlights strengths and challenges of the mental health care...
The organisation of out-of-hours primary care in OECD countries
Caroline Berchet and Carol Nader
21 Sept 2016
Out-of-hours (OOH) services provide urgent primary care when primary care physician (PCP) offices are closed, most often from 5pm on weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays. Based on a policy survey (covering 27 OECD countries) and the existing...
The impact of technological advancements on health spending
Alberto Marino and Luca Lorenzoni
22 Aug 2019
The measurement of the impact of technology as a driver of health care expenditure is complex since technological effects are closely interlinked with other determinants such as income and the composition and health status of a population....
The effectiveness of social protection for long-term care in old age
Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi and Ana Llena-Nozal
28 Apr 2020
As people grow old and their health deteriorates, they are likely to require help with everyday activities that were once second nature; they need what is commonly termed long-term care (LTC). With demand for LTC in old age expected to grow, OECD...
The economics of patient safety in primary and ambulatory care
Ane Auraaen, Luke Slawomirski and Niek Klazinga
29 Nov 2018
Building on published patient safety research literature, this paper aims to broaden the existing knowledge base on safety lapses occurring in primary and ambulatory care settings.The findings of this paper show that safety lapses in primary and...
The economics of patient safety Part IV: Safety in the workplace
Katherine de Bienassis, Luke Slawomirski and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
10 Sept 2021
Health care settings are inherently hazardous places, with very unpredictable and complex working environments. These hazards and risks not only result in a range of injuries and ill-health among workers but also jeopardise the safety of patients....
The economics of patient safety Part III: Long-term care
Katherine de Bienassis, Ana Llena-Nozal and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
17 Sept 2020
Long-term care (LTC) institutions are now providing care to a greater number of people, and more residents with chronic conditions and multiple co-morbidities, than ever before. Trends suggest this strain will continue to increase as OECD populations...
The economics of patient safety
Luke Slawomirski, Ane Auraaen and Nicolaas S. Klazinga
26 Jun 2017
About one in ten patients are harmed during health care. This paper estimates the health, financial and economic costs of this harm. Results indicate that patient harm exerts a considerable global health burden. The financial cost on health systems...
The economics of patient safety
Luke Slawomirski and Niek Klazinga
12 Aug 2022
Building on previous OECD Health Working Papers on the economics of patient safety, this paper firstly provides an update on the health burden, and financial and economic cost of unsafe care. It then summarises the evidence on the cost-effectiveness...
The economics of medication safety
Katherine de Bienassis, Laura Esmail, Ruth Lopert and Niek Klazinga
14 Sept 2022
Poor medication practices and inadequate system infrastructure—resulting in poor adherence, medication-related harms, and medication errors—too often results in patient harm. As many as 1 in 10 hospitalizations in OECD countries may be caused by a...
The US Physician Workforce
Richard Cooper
13 Oct 2008
This review surveys trends in physician supply in the United States from 1980 to the present with particular attention to the participation of International Medical Graduates. It discussed the composition of the physician workforce with regards to...