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Balancing Health Care Quality and Cost Containment: The Case of Norway
Bibbee, Alexandra; Padrini, Flavio - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
are said to over-refer patients to hospitals. Although cost controlling mechanisms exist in Norway, they are too often … sidestepped by pressure by citizens on politicians to approve new drugs and treatments. Thus, future health reforms in Norway … should concentrate on value for money. This paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Norway (www.oecd.org/eco/survey/norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045953
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Balancing Health Care Quality and Cost Containment : The Case of Norway
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2006
are said to over-refer patients to hospitals. Although cost controlling mechanisms exist in Norway, they are too often … sidestepped by pressure by citizens on politicians to approve new drugs and treatments. Thus, future health reforms in Norway … should concentrate on value for money. This paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Norway (www.oecd.org/eco/survey/norway). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444492
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Reforming Austria's Highly Regarded but Costly Health System
Gönenç, Rauf; Hofmarcher, Maria M.; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
The highly regarded Austrian health system delivers good quality and easily accessible services, but is costly. Its governance and funding structure is highly fragmented and it makes too much use of inpatient care in hospitals. Entry and competition opportunities are de facto limited in most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321197
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Health Care Systems: Efficiency and Institutions
Joumard, Isabelle; André, Christophe; Nicq, Chantal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
This paper presents a set of indicators to assess health care system performance. It also presents new comparative data on health care policies and institutions for OECD countries. This set of indicators allows the empirical characterisation of health care systems and the identification of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458988
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Improving Health Outcomes and System in Hungary
Eris, Mehmet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Based on the latest available data up to 2009, the health status of the Hungarian population is among the poorest in the OECD, including countries with a similar level of income per capita. While this outcome has been driven by the socioeconomic status of the population and lifestyle risks, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276863
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The US Health System : An Assessment and Prospective Directions for Reform
Docteur, Elizabeth - 2003
This paper assesses the performance of the United States health system in an international context and discusses potential directions for reform. The US health system is unique among OECD countries in its heavy reliance on the private sector for both financing and delivery of health care. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444199
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Healthcare Reform in Russia : Problems and Prospects
Tompson, William - 2007
This paper examines the prospects for reform of Russia’s healthcare system. It begins by exploring a number of fundamental imbalances that characterise the current half-reformed system of healthcare provision before going on to assess the government’s plans for going ahead with healthcare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444837
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Health Care Systems : Efficiency and Institutions
Joumard, Isabelle - 2010
This paper presents a set of indicators to assess health care system performance. It also presents new comparative data on health care policies and institutions for OECD countries. This set of indicators allows the empirical characterisation of health care systems and the identification of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444843
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The Reform of the Health Care System in Portugal
Guichard, Stéphanie - 2004
An ambitious reform to increase efficiency of the Portuguese health care system was launched in 2002. In contrast to previous attempts of gradual reforms, which were never fully implemented, the strategy has been to create a big bang in the health sector, making changes essentially irreversible....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445166
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Public Expenditure Reform : The Health Care Sector in the United Kingdom
Koen, Vincent - 2000
Health services are largely tax-financed in the United Kingdom and account for 14 per cent of general government spending. This paper analyses how the National Health Service (NHS) has been dealing with the associated expenditure pressures in the pre-1990 set-up and during the “quasi-market”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446869