OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Portugal 2015 Raising Standards


Book Description

This report reviews the quality of health care in Portugal, seeks to highlight best practices, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.




OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Japan 2015 Raising Standards


Book Description

This report reviews the quality of health care in Japan, and seeks to highlight best practices, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.




OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Australia 2015 Raising Standards


Book Description

Australia’s health system functions remarkably well, despite operating under a complex set of institutions that make coordinating patient care difficult. Australia should adopt a national approach through an enhanced federal government role in steering policy, funding and priority setting.




OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: United Kingdom 2016 Raising Standards


Book Description

The United Kingdom’s health systems have long made the quality of care a high priority, pioneering many tools and policies in this area. Yet despite being a global leader in monitoring and improvement, the United Kingdom does not consistently perform well on international quality benchmarks. Why?




OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality Caring for Quality in Health Lessons Learnt from 15 Reviews of Health Care Quality


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This book summarises the main challenges and good practices to support improvements in health care quality, and to help ensure that the substantial resources devoted to health are being used effectively in supporting people to live healthier lives.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Mexico 2016


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




OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Latvia 2016


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This review aims to support Latvia in continuing reform of its health system, informed by international best practice.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Colombia 2016


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Colombia has an impressive record in extending health insurance and health services to its population, but still faces important challenges in health system performance. This report looks at what Colombia can do to ensure accessibility, quality, efficiency and sustainability.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems Primary Health Care in Brazil


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Primary health care in Brazil is well-organised, the result of sustained commitment to providing high quality primary health care for the whole population. Brazil has implemented a set of reforms over the past decades to improve the distribution of doctors, develop new forms of service organisation, introduce new financing models, and implement a range of quality improvement initiatives.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Kazakhstan 2018


Book Description

Kazakhstan has made significant economic progress over recent decades. Health has risen on the policy agenda with a number of sector reforms introduced. This review uses globally recognised frameworks and indicators to evaluate Kazakhstan’s overall health system.