Health Care Systems Efficiency and Policy Settings

People in OECD countries are healthier than ever before, as shown by longer life expectancy and lower mortality for diseases such as cancer. At the same time, total spending on health care now absorbs over 9% of GDP on average in the OECD. Achieving value for money in the health care sector is an im...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2010
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Executive summary
  • Linking efficiency and policy across health care systems
  • Efficiency measures
  • Acronyms
  • Health care outcomes and spending
  • Health care policies and institutions
  • Bibliography