Health care systems
Subtitle: efficiency and policy settings
By: Isabelle Joumard ... [et al.].
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9789264094895; 9789264094901
Subjects: Health Policy; Economics; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Delivery of Health Care; Medical Economics
Other titles: OECD iLibrary.
Description: People in OECD countries are healthier than ever before, as shown by longer life expectancy and lower mortality for diseases such as cancer. At the same time, total spending on health care now absorbs over 9% of GDP on average in the OECD. Achieving value for money in the health care sector is an important objective in all OECD countries. The book takes an in-depth look at health care in OECD countries today. The publication covers trends in health care outcomes and spending; ways of assessing efficiency; new indicators of health care policies and institutions; and the characteristics and performance of health care systems.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207).
Table of contents: title: Health care outcomes and spending; title: Efficiency measures; title: Health care policies and institutions : a new set of indicators; title: Linking efficiency and policy across health care systems.