Achieving Better Value for Money in Health Care

Rising public health care spending remains a problem in virtually all OECD and EU member countries. As a consequence, there is growing interest in policies that will ease this pressure through improved health system performance. This report examines selected policies that may help countries better a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2009
Series:OECD Health Policy Studies
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Market Mechanisms and the Use of Health Care Resources
  • Introduction
  • Ensuring Efficiency in Pharmaceutical Expenditures
  • The Impact of User Charges in Health Care
  • Patterns of Health Care Spending Growth
  • Using ICT to Monitor and Improve Quality in Health Care
  • Improving Health Care System Performance through Better Co-ordination of Care