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Health sector performance and efficiency in Ireland
Sicari, Patrizio - 2023
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals. Population ageing is exacerbating spending pressures....
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Public Expenditure Reform : The Health Care Sector in the United Kingdom
Koen, Vincent - 2000
Health services are largely tax-financed in the United Kingdom and account for 14 per cent of general government spending. This paper analyses how the National Health Service (NHS) has been dealing with the associated expenditure pressures in the pre-1990 set-up and during the “quasi-market”...
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Improving Health Outcomes and Health Care in India
Joumard, Isabelle - 2015
With India’s low life expectancy largely reflecting deaths from preventable diseases, the most significant gains in health would come from population-wide preventive measures. Access to public health care services varies substantially, resulting in many people turning to private-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012449779
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Belgium: Enhancing the Cost Efficiency and Flexibility of the Health Sector to Adjust to Population Ageing
Sorbe, Stéphane - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
incentives of the different levels of government and focussing on medium-term budgeting. At the level of care providers, better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276825
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Health Care Reform and Long-Term Care in the Netherlands
Schut, Erik; Sorbe, Stéphane; Høj, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The Netherlands, as other OECD countries, faces the challenge of providing high quality health and long-term care services to an ageing population in a cost-efficient manner. In the health care sector, reforms have aimed at introducing more competition. Despite major changes and some positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276924
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Improving Health Outcomes and Health Care in India
Joumard, Isabelle; Kumar, Ankit - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
With India’s low life expectancy largely reflecting deaths from preventable diseases, the most significant gains in health would come from population-wide preventive measures. Access to public health care services varies substantially, resulting in many people turning to private-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276986
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Improving the Efficiency of Health Care Spending : Selected Evidence on Hospital Performance
Erlandsen, Espen - 2007
individual hospital efficiency. The analysis suggests substantial cross-country differences in hospital performance. Although …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446148
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Improving China's Health Care System
Herd, Richard - 2010
Overall, health outcomes in China have improved tremendously over the past three decades, especially thanks to the reduction in some traditional infectious diseases. However, death rates from chronic diseases have been on the rise, not least owing to changes in life styles and deteriorating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444453
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Health Care Systems : Efficiency and Institutions
Joumard, Isabelle - 2010
This paper presents a set of indicators to assess health care system performance. It also presents new comparative data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444843
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Reforming Austria's Highly Regarded but Costly Health System
Gönenç, Rauf; Hofmarcher, Maria M.; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
’ experiences. The suggested priorities are: i) more clearly assigning the performance, financing and spending responsibilities in … performance-based payment mechanisms in all services, iv) promoting the transition to “integrated care” by better balancing … performance, de financement et de dépenses ; ii) mettre en application un plan de capacités pour les soins hospitaliers et …
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