Too many workers leave the labour market permanently due to health problems or disability, and too few people with reduced work capacity manage to remain in employment. This is a social and economic tragedy common to virtually all OECD countries. It also raises an apparent paradox that needs...

Comment se fait-il qu’alors que l’état de santé des populations s’améliore, de plus en plus de gens en âge de travailler sont exclus de la population active et vivent de prestations maladie et invalidité de longue durée ? Ce rapport analyse les facteurs qui pourraient expliquer ce...

Too many workers leave the labour market permanently due to health problems, and yet too many people with a disabling condition are denied the opportunity to work. This third report in the OECD series Sickness, Disability and Work explores the possible factors behind this paradox. It looks...

What approach to treating certain ageing-related diseases works best and at what cost? That is, what combination of health care system characteristics, prevention, detection, technology and treatment, is the most cost-effective? The OECD Ageing-Related Diseases study investigated how health...