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Health financing and budgeting practices : key findings from the Asia, Oceania, and Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European regions
Ruiz, Ana Maria; Farran, Kholood; Socha-Dietrich, Karolina - In: OECD journal on budgeting 19 (2019) 3, pp. 95-121
This article presents the findings of the OECD Survey of Senior Budget Officials on Budgeting Practices from a 2017 … to analyse and benchmark good practices in health budgeting. The results of the survey point to an increasing use of … budgeting tools from developed countries and support continued engagement to improve budget activities and to meet future …
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The possibilities of day surgery system development within the health policy in Slovakia
Soltes, Vincent; Gavurová, Beáta - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 35, pp. 1-12
Background: In the day surgery system are intertwined elements of state health policy, health care payers' interests, employers of health care system, as well as the interests and wishes of patients. A problem in the health policy is to find a way to regulate ambulatory and short-term surgical...
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Decentralisation in the health sector and responsibilities across levels of government : impact on spending decisions and the budget
James, Chris; Beazley, Ivor; Penn, Caroline; Philips, Leah - In: OECD journal on budgeting 19 (2019) 3, pp. 11-40
2017 OECD Survey on Performance Measurement Systems in the Health Sector and Responsibilities across Levels of Government … governments still have considerable decision-making power. This power applies to key policy-making and budgeting decisions. …
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Interdependence of public health expenditure efficiency and economic development in growing OECD economies and the Republic of Serbia
Prole, Ljiljana; Đurović Todorović, Jadranka; … - In: Ekonomske teme 60 (2022) 4, pp. 551-565
Economic shocks represent a challenge for health systems because they decrease public revenue, and at the same time, increase the need for publicly funded health care. Since health expenditure is rapidly increasing in most countries, its efficiency must be tested. The subject of research in this...
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Quality-based financing : the Norwegian experience
Huus, Axel Miguel; Baardseng, Thomas Neby - In: OECD journal on budgeting 19 (2019) 3, pp. 123-130
In this article we give a presentation of the Norwegian quality based financing (QBF) mechanism and our experiences with this financing mechanism. The article outlines the main features of the Norwegian health care system, and its financing mechanisms. We then focus in on the QBF with a...
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Can performance measurement make health care systems more sustainable? Or at least more efficient?
White, Joseph B. - In: OECD journal on budgeting 19 (2019) 3, pp. 151-167
In light of the many discussions advocating the use of pay-for-performance and performance budgeting, this paper argues … that discouraging experience with both approaches should temper expectations that performance measurement can be a reform … efficiency is tenuous, and attention to performance is not new. Measurement's accuracy tends to be overstated and its costs …
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The rise of noncommunicable diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean : challenges for public health policies
Anauati, Maria Victoria; Galiani, Sebastián; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 24 (2015), pp. 1-56
The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoing a demographic and epidemiological transition in which health problems are highly concentrated on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In light of this, the region faces two main challenges: (1)...
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Public health expenditures and health outcomes : new evidence from Ghana
Boachie, Micheal Kofi; Ramu, K.; Põlajeva, Tatjana - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 4/58, pp. 1-25
The effect of government spending on population’s health has received attention over the past decades. This study re-examines the link between government health expenditures and health outcomes to establish whether government intervention in the health sector improves outcomes. The study uses...
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Biosimilars inthe French and Polish system : chosen aspects of reimbursement and access
Barszczewska, Olga; Chami, Ralph; Piechota, Anna - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 2, pp. 103-115
The EU approved the first biosimilar drug in 2006. By 2017, the EU had authorized the highest number of biosimilars worldwide, acquiring considerable experience in their use and safety. In May 2019, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) search engine showed 54 authorized biosimilars. Biosimilars...
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Public spending efficiency in the OECD : benchmarking health care, education, and general administration
Dutu, Richard; Sicari, Patrizio - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 20 (2020) 3, pp. 253-280
In many OECD countries, changes in demography and health conditions are putting pressure on public finance. To prevent further expansion of government spending as a percentage of GDP, public spending efficiency will need to be raised. This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess the...
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