Within the 蜂鸟电竞在线入口, most of the work on health is carried out by the Health Division of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.  Our mission – advising policy makers and informing public and private stakeholders and citizens on how to address demands for more and better quality health care – is particularly important with public budgets under strain. We develop reliable statistics of health system performance and help countries benchmark their policies against high-performing health systems. To learn more about our areas of work,  download our brochure .

POLICY RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS

Read our latest Policy Briefs  Rising from the COVID 19 crisis: Policy responses in the long-term care sector and  Tackling the mental health impact of the COVID-19 crisis: An integrated, whole-of-society response , and our paper on  Excess mortality: Measuring the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 Read o ur blog post  Resilience of Health Systems to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe: Learning from the first wave Access our  Initial Health System Responses to COVID-19 (2020) Tracker See more health analysis on COVID-19  and learn about our work on  Health Systems Resilience

AGEING AND LONG-TERM CARE

• Read our latest report  Who Cares? Attracting and Retaining Care Workers for the Elderly (June 2020)
• Long-term care workforce: caring for the ageing population with dignity
• Social protection for older people with long-term care needs
• Dementia and care
  
  

DIGITAL HEALTH

• Health in the 21st Century: Putting Data to Work for Stronger Health Systems
• 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 High Level Policy Forum on Health in the 21st Century: Data, Policy, and Digital Technology
• Bringing health care to the patient: An overview of the use of telemedicine in 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 countries
• Emerging technologies
  
  

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTH SYSTEMS

• 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Joint Network of Senior Health and Budget Officials
• Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems: Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives
• Health expenditure

 

HEALTH DATA GOVERNANCE

• 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Recommendation on Health Data Governance
• Health Data Governance: Privacy, Monitoring and Research
• Strengthening Health Information Infrastructure for Health Care Quality Governance
• Data-Driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-Being
• Measuring ICTs in the Health Sector
• Read our report  Health Data Governance for the Digital Age
• Read our report  Health in the 21st Century: Putting Data to Work for Stronger Health Systems
• Read our report New Health Technologies: Managing Access, Value and Sustainability  

 

HOSPITALS

• Waiting Times
• Health care prices and Purchasing Power Parities
• Managing Hospital Volumes
• Hospital Performance
• Pricing and Competition in Specialist Medical Services

 

INEQUALITIES AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH

Despite remarkable progress in health status and life expectancy in 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 countries over the past decades, there remain large inequalities not only across countries, but also across population groups within each country. Most 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 countries have endorsed, as major policy objectives, the reduction of inequalities in health status and the principle of equal access to health care based on need. The 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 regularly monitors to what extent these policy objectives are achieved, as well as the potential benefits and costs of various policy interventions that might help reduce health inequalities.

• Health Inequalities
• Cancer Inequalities
• Read our report  Health for Everyone? - Social Inequalities in Health and Health Systems
   

MENTAL HEalth

Mental ill-health is widespread and its impact on people’s achievement in life is substantial. The large costs mental ill-health generates for people, families, workplaces and society as a whole is a major and growing concern for 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 governments in recent years. The 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 is responding to this rising interest with a range of projects looking at (i) mental health care policies and reforms, (ii) the link between mental ill-health and work, (iii) health care quality aspects, and (iv) the impact of education, skills and mental ill-health.

• Mental Health Systems in 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Countries
   

PATIENT-REPORTED INDICATOR SURVEYS (PARIS)

The 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 is a global leader in collecting, reporting and benchmarking health system performance and health care quality indicators. The Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS) aims to address critical information gaps and build a patient-centred view of health system performance.

• Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys: Booklet
• PaRIS survey of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Brochure
  
  

PHARMACEUTICALS

Pharmaceuticals have undoubtedly contributed to improvements in life expectancy and quality of life of many patients, but recent trends on increased spending and soaring launch prices of new medicines raise a number of concerns.

• Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy
• Read our report New Health Technologies: Managing Access, Value and Sustainability
  
  

PUBLIC HEALTH

There is rising concern about the expected increase in the burden of chronic diseases in 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 countries, particularly in relation to changing lifestyles.

• The Heavy Burden of Obesity - The Economics of Prevention
• Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use: Economics and Public Health Policy
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Chronic Diseases
• Opioids
• Economics of Public Health and Health Promotion
• Public Health Reviews

 

QUALITY OF CARE

‌As health spending rises, there is pressure to ensure that resources help people live healthier lives. Most 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 countries have seen increased public interest in ensuring that patients receive care that is safe, effective, and responsive to their needs.

• Health Care Quality and Outcomes Indicators
• Reviews of National Health Care Quality
• Primary Care
• Integrated Care
• Cancer Inequalities
• Read our report  Health for the People, by the People - Building People-centred Health Systems

 

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

The 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 monitors and evaluates key aspects of universal health coverage, and assesses the future sustainability of universal health systems. 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 country experiences can also offer valuable lessons for other countries seeking to attain universal health coverage.

• G7 Health Ministerial meetings
• G20 Health Ministerial meetings
   

VALUE FOR MONEY

• Payment Systems
• Medical Practice Variations
• Mental Health
• Health Systems Characteristics
• Private Health Insurance
• Read our report  Tackling Wasteful Spending on Health
• Read the  Scoping paper on health system efficiency measurement

 

WORKFORCE

We advise countries on how to meet future demand for health professionals and how to manage the supply of health workers, by reviewing policies related to education and training, continuous professional development, geographic distribution and immigration.

• Recent Trends in International Migration of Doctors, Nurses and Medical Students
• Health Workforce Policies in 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Countries: Right Jobs, Right Skills, Right Places
• Nurses in advanced roles in primary care - Policy levers for implementation

 

Work on countries and regions

Health Reviews and country-specific work

The Country Health Profiles 2021  provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons. Each Country Health Profile provides a short synthesis of health status risk factors the organisation of the health system, and the effectiveness, accessibility and resilience of the health system The Country Health Profiles are an important step in the European Commission’s State of Health in the EU cycle and are the joint work of the 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, in cooperation with the European Commission. This is the second series of biennial country health profiles, published on 28 November 2019.

The 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Reviews of Public Health , launched in October 2017, provide in-depth analysis and policy recommendations to strengthen priority areas of countries’ public health systems, highlighting best practice examples that allow learning from shared experiences, and the spreading of innovative approaches. Topics covered within this series of health reviews include unhealthy diets and obesity, preventing harmful alcohol use, health checks and preventive screening, responding to public health emergencies, and more.

The  Health Division publishes  蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Reviews of Health Systems , which represent in-depth studies of the health system of member countries, with a particular focus on economic issues, as well as  蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Health Care Quality Reviews  which seek to examine what works and what does not work in different countries – both to benchmark the efforts of countries and to provide advice on reforms to improve their health system . 

Access all health-related content by country (reports, country notes, Policy Briefs, etc.) at http://www.oecd.org/health/bycountry/

蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Work on Asia: 蜂鸟电竞在线入口/Korea Policy Centre

The Joint 蜂鸟电竞在线入口/Korea Policy Centre is an international cooperation organisation established by a Memorandum of Understanding between the 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 and the Government of the Republic of Korea. The major functions of the Centre are to research international standards and policies on international taxation, competition, public governance, and social policy sectors in 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 member countries and to disseminate research outcomes to public officials and experts in the Asian region. In the area of health and social policy, the Centre promotes policy dialogue and information sharing between 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 countries and non-蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Asian/Pacific countries and economies.

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