International comparisons of health system performance among OECD countries: Opportunities and data privacy protection challenges

Health data constitute a significant resource in most OECD countries that could be used to improve health system performance. Well-intended policies to allay concerns about breaches of confidentiality and to reduce potential misuse of personal health information may be limiting data use. A survey of 20 OECD countries explored the extent to which countries have developed and use personal health data and the reasons why data use may be problematic in some.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Oderkirk, Jillian ; Ronchi, Elettra ; Klazinga, Niek
Published in:	Health Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0168-8510. - Vol. 112.2013, 1, p. 9-18
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Health system performance \| Data privacy \| Data protection \| Data linkage \| Personal health data \| International comparisons

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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