OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Peru 2017

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Peru 2017
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9264282734

This is the OECD’s first Health System Review of Peru. It seeks to support Peru’s policy goal to attain universal health coverage by 2021, and build a high-performing health system with continuously improving accessibility, quality, efficiency and sustainability.

OECD Reviews of Health Systems Monitoring Health System Performance in Peru Data and Statistics

OECD Reviews of Health Systems Monitoring Health System Performance in Peru Data and Statistics
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre:
ISBN: 926428298X

This report assesses the status and availability of Peru’s routinely reported health sector data and statistics and the underlying infrastructure. It offers recommendations to improve the health information system and strengthen data coverage and comparability as the health care system develops.

Tackling Wasteful Spending on Health

Tackling Wasteful Spending on Health
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9264266410

Countries could potentially spend significantly less on health care with no impact on health system performance, or on health outcomes. This report reviews strategies put in place by countries to limit ineffective spending and waste.

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.

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Mexico 2016

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Mexico 2016
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9264230491

Ten years after the introduction of publically-funded universal health insurance, the Mexican health system finds itself at a critical juncture.

OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line

OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2020-05-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264989048

The report reviews a range of policies that countries have used to tackle waiting times for different services, including elective surgery and primary care consultations, but also cancer care and mental health services, with a focus on identifying the most successful ones.

OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector What Works?

OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector What Works?
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2013-02-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9264179089

This book provides a framework to understand why there are waiting lists for elective surgery in some OECD countries and not in others. It also describes how waiting times are measured in OECD countries and reviews different policy approaches to tackling excessive waiting times.

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.

OECD Health Policy Studies Primary Health Care for Resilient Health Systems in Latin America

OECD Health Policy Studies Primary Health Care for Resilient Health Systems in Latin America
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2022-12-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9264550046

Latin American countries were hard hit by COVID-19 with rates of excess mortality above the OECD average. The pandemic brought additional stress to health systems already overstretched by a growing burden of chronic diseases, unequal access to health care services, overall under-investment in health and strong budgetary restrictions, and systemic inefficiencies.