Measuring Up Improving Health System Performance in OECD Countries

Measuring Up Improving Health System Performance in OECD Countries
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2002-04-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9264195955

This book highlights the core elements of a possible performance measurement framework to assess health systems at the international and national levels. It also addresses further challenges which remain.

Health System Efficiency

Health System Efficiency
Author: Jonathan Cylus
Publisher: Health Policy
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789289050418

In this book the authors explore the state of the art on efficiency measurement in health systems and international experts offer insights into the pitfalls and potential associated with various measurement techniques. The authors show that: - The core idea of efficiency is easy to understand in principle - maximizing valued outputs relative to inputs, but is often difficult to make operational in real-life situations - There have been numerous advances in data collection and availability, as well as innovative methodological approaches that give valuable insights into how efficiently health care is delivered - Our simple analytical framework can facilitate the development and interpretation of efficiency indicators.

Health at a Glance 2021 OECD Indicators

Health at a Glance 2021 OECD Indicators
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264480919

Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. This edition has a special focus on the health impact of COVID-19 in OECD countries, including deaths and illness caused by the virus, adverse effects on access and quality of care, and the growing burden of mental ill-health.

Health at a Glance 2019 OECD Indicators

Health at a Glance 2019 OECD Indicators
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2019-11-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9264807667

Health at a Glance compares key indicators for population health and health system performance across OECD members, candidate and partner countries. It highlights how countries differ in terms of the health status and health-seeking behaviour of their citizens; access to and quality of health care; and the resources available for health. Analysis is based on the latest comparable data across 80 indicators, with data coming from official national statistics, unless otherwise stated.

Health Systems Performance Assessment

Health Systems Performance Assessment
Author: Christopher J. L. Murray
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 919
Release: 2003-11-06
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9241562455

The World Health Report 2000 has generated considerable media attention, controversy in some countries, and debate in academic journals. This volume brings together in one place the substance of many of these key debates and reports, methodological advances, and new empiricism reflecting the evolution of the WHO approach since the year 2000. Specifically, the volume presents many differing regional and technical perspectives on key issues, major new methodological developments, and a quantum increase in the empirical basis for cross-country performance assessment. It also gives the full report of the Scientific Peer Review Group's exhaustive assessment of these new approaches.

Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Author: Richard D. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2012
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0199566763

Outlines the key aspects & issues concerning health systems of low- & middle-income countries, recognising the current global context within which these systems operate & the dynamics of this context. It brings together a set of renowned authors to tackle the issues that face population health & health care in the twenty-first century

Health at a Glance 2015 OECD Indicators

Health at a Glance 2015 OECD Indicators
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2015-11-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9264243518

This book presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of health systems in OECD and certain partner countries. It includes a dashboard of health indicators, a special focus chapter on the pharmaceutical sector, and indicators on health workforce migration and health care quality.

EBOOK: Handbook of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement and Analysis

EBOOK: Handbook of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement and Analysis
Author: Ann Bowling
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2005-06-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0335224369

"an ideal set text" Angela Scriven, Course Leader, Brunel University Which research method should I use to evaluate services? How do I design a questionnaire? How do I conduct a systematic review of research? This handbook helps researchers to plan, carry out, and analyse health research, and evaluate the quality of research studies. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to enable researchers from different disciplines to work side-by-side in the investigation of population health, the evaluation of health care, and in health care delivery. Handbook of Health Research Methods is an essential tool for researchers and postgraduate students taking masters courses, or undertaking doctoral programmes, in health services evaluation, health sciences, health management, public health, nursing, sociology, socio-biology, medicine and epidemiology. However, the book also appeals to health professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of research methods in order to make effective policy and practice decisions. Contributors: Joy Adamson, Geraldine Barrett, Jane P. Biddulph, Ann Bowling, Sara Brookes, Jackie Brown, Simon Carter, Michel P. Coleman, Paul Cullinan, George Davey Smith, Paul Dieppe, Jenny Donovan, Craig Duncan, Shah Ebrahim, Vikki Entwistle, Clare Harries, Lesley Henderson, Kelvyn Jones, Olga Kostopoulou, Sarah J. Lewis, Richard Martin, Martin McKee, Graham Moon, Ellen Nolte, Alan O’Rourke, Ann Oakley, Tim Peters, Tina Ramkalawan, Caroline Sanders, Mary Shaw, Andrew Steptoe, Jonathan Sterne, Anne Stiggelbout, S.V. Subramanian, Kate Tilling, Liz Twigg, Suzanne Wait.

Handbook Of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement And Analysis

Handbook Of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement And Analysis
Author: Bowling, Ann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 639
Release: 2005-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0335214606

Handbook of Health Research Methods is an essential tool for researchers and postgraduate students taking masters courses, or undertaking doctoral programmes, in health services evaluation, health sciences, health management, public health, nursing, sociology, socio-biology, medicine and epidemiology. However, the book also appeals to health professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of research methods in order to make effective policy and practice decisions.

Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies

Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2019-10-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9264805907

This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.