"Access to and the quality of health services are closely linked to the density and skill-mix of a country's health workforce (OECD, 2016; World Health Organization, 2006, 2016). High rates of chronic conditions and multimorbidity, new treatment options, and technological advances and economic...

What are skill-mix innovations and why are they relevant? This systemic analysis of health workforce skill-mix innovations provides an overview of the evidence and lessons for implementation across multiple countries. The authors focus on six core segments of health systems: health promotion and...

Many OECD countries have undergone reforms over the past decade to introduce advanced roles for nurses in primary care to improve access to care, quality of care and/or to reduce costs. This working paper provides an analysis of these nurse role developments and reforms in 37 OECD and EU...

Wie funktioniert Gesundheitspolitik anderswo und warum? Seit März 2003 berichten Experten aus sechzehn Industrieländern zweimal jährlich zu aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Gesundheitspolitik. Schwerpunkte des vorliegenden zweiten Reports "Gesundheitspolitik in Industrieländern" (Zeitraum...