Personal and public health / health education

This fifth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and quality of care across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories.

This report reviews the important role of medicines in health systems, describes recent trends in pharmaceutical expenditure and financing, and summarises the approaches used by OECD countries to determine coverage and pricing.

This fifth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and quality of care across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories.

This review assesses Japan's public health system, highlights areas of strength and weakness, and makes a number of recommendations for improvement.

Across the OECD, nearly 19 million people are living with dementia.

The report analyses the performance of Lithuania's health system which has been long characterised by its institutional stability and the steady pursuit of a policy agenda aimed at adapting it to the evolving burden of disease.

The report analyses the performance of Lithuania's health system which has been long characterised by its institutional stability and the steady pursuit of a policy agenda aimed at adapting it to the evolving burden of disease.

This report assesses how Kazakhstan measures up in the development and application of its national health accounts, delivering a set of recommendations to improve the country's health care financing information.

Kazakhstan has made significant economic progress over recent decades.

Peru has seen great progress towards the goal of providing universal health coverage to its population but still faces structural barriers to provide accessible and quality care .

This is the OECD's first Health System Review of Peru.

This report puts forward policy recommendations for strengthening the performance and sustainability of the health care system in Costa Rica.

This new edition of Health at a Glance presents the most recent comparable data on the health status of populations and health system performance in OECD countries.

In many ways, primary care in Denmark performs well.

Over the past four years, the OECD has conducted a series of in-depth reviews of the policies and institutions that underpin the measurement and improvement of health care quality in 15 different health systems.

This fourth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and economies.

Following a brief pause after the economic crisis, health expenditure is rising again in most OECD countries.

This report discusses the need for an integrated and cyclical approach to managing health technology in order to mitigate clinical and financial risks, and ensure acceptable value for money.

This report discusses the need for an integrated and cyclical approach to managing health technology in order to mitigate clinical and financial risks, and ensure acceptable value for money.

Following a brief pause after the economic crisis, health expenditure is rising again in most OECD countries.

This fourth edition of Health at a Glance: Europe presents key indicators of health and health systems in the 28 EU countries, 5 candidate countries to the EU and 3 EFTA countries.

This fourth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and economies.

Latvia's health system broadly delivers effective and efficient care to the population within a context of significantly fewer resources - and higher health care needs - than most OECD countries.

Payers for health care are pursuing a variety of policies as part of broader efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of care.

Colombia's record in extending health insurance and health services to its population is impressive.

This new edition of Health at a Glance presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of health systems in OECD countries.

All countries are investing in health data.

The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms.

This report examines how countries perform in their ability to prevent, manage and treat cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes.

Alcoholic beverages, and their harmful use, have been familiar fixtures in human societies since the beginning of recorded history.

Australia's health system functions remarkably well, despite operating under a complex set of institutions that make coordinating patient care difficult.

Government at a Glance: How Hungary Compares presents recent comparable data on key indicators of government activities and performance in Hungary, compared with its neighbouring countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia) as well as the OECD average.

The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms.

This report examines how countries perform in their ability to prevent, manage and treat cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes.

The large and growing human and financial cost of dementia provides an imperative for policy action.

OECD countries are developing strategies to improve the quality of life of those affected by dementia and to support long-term efforts for a disease-modifying therapy or cure.

This third edition of Health at a Glance: Europe presents a set of key indicators related to health status, determinants of health, health care resources and activities, quality of care, access to care, and health expenditure and financing in 35 European countries, including the 28 European Union member states, four candidate countries and three EFTA countries.

This third edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia/Pacific countries and economies.

This report reviews the quality of health care in Portugal, seeks to highlight best practices, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.

This report reviews the quality of health care in Japan, and seeks to highlight best practices, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.

This report reviews the quality of health care in Italy, seeks to highlight best practices, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.

This third edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and health care quality across 27 Asia/Pacific countries and economies.

This report reviews the quality of health care in Sweden.

Variations in health care use within a country are complicated.

This book presents a comprehensive review of health care quality in Norway.

Despite the enormous burden that mental ill-health imposes on individuals, their families, society, health systems and the economy, mental health care remains a neglected area of health policy in too many countries.

This book presents a comprehensive review of health care quality in the Czech Republic.

Turkey underwent a very ambitious reform programme in 2003, the so-called "e;Health Transformation Programme"e;.

Health data constitutes a significant resource in most OECD countries that could be used to improve population health, the quality of health care and the performance of health systems.

This review of health care quality in Denmark examines policies related to quality and includes chapters covering primary and integrated care, hospital specialisation and equity.