This volume contains a selection of the health policy research and analytic studies constituting the OECD Health Project. These policy studies, along with other volumes, serve as the main source material for the synthesis report of the Project, Towards High-Performing Health Systems

Purpose - This research paper aims to determine the factors needed to propose a platform where waqf (Islamic endowment) organizations can collaborate with government public hospitals to develop corporate waqf hospitals. Consequently, the elements of governance and sustainability are included in...

This paper demonstrates an approach to the problem of micro-scale analysis of medical service provision in Germany. Research focuses include estimating population dynamics, mapping access to medical facilities and identifying spatial patterns in medical service provision. We applied the Enhanced...

We delineate metropolitan areas (MAs) in the Philippines using cellphone user flow data to proxy for daily commutes. The exercise identifies a number of large MAs that are not officially recognized, and different spatial extents for the three officially designated MAs. The urban system aligns...

The Belarusian healthcare system is a direct heir to the Soviet medical model, retaining all its strengths and weaknesses. Currently, its functioning can be considered satisfactory: key indicators such as life expectancy and healthy life expectancy are generally comparable to European standards....

Mit suggestiven Bildern wie der «Kostenexplosion» soll den Bürgern vermittelt werden, dass sie für ihre Gesundheit immer mehr bezahlen müssen, weil die Zahl älterer und damit pflegebedürftiger Menschen steige, der medizinische Fortschritt seinen Preis habe und ihre eigenen Ansprüche als...