OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Turkey 2008


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This comprehensive review of Turkey's health care system shows how Turkey recently brought universal health care to its population and assesses the challenges that remain.




OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Turkey 2014 Raising Standards


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This review of Turkey's health care system looks in particular at the success of its 2003 "Health Transformation Programme" and makes recommendations for improvements.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Switzerland 2011


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This comprehensive review of the Swiss health system focuses on three important issues: health insurance markets, health workforce planning and management and governance of the health system.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Russian Federation 2012


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This review examines some of the possible reasons for poor population health in Russia and explores possible impediments to further improvements. In doing so it examines the current health system against the background of the reforms put in place in ...




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.




Making Reform Happen Lessons from OECD Countries


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This collection of essays analyses the reform experiences of the 30 OECD countries in nine major policy domains in order to identify lessons, pitfalls and strategies that may help foster policy reform in the future.




Health at a Glance 2009 OECD Indicators


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This fifth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries.




Health at a Glance: Europe 2012


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This book presents a set of key indicators of health status, determinants of health, health care resources and activities, quality of care, health expenditure and financing in 35 European countries, including the 27 European Union member states, 5 candidate countries and 3 EFTA countries.




Improving Public Services


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This volume spotlights recent advances in the worldwide use of quantitative performance measures in the public sector, especially approaches that incorporate program evaluation techniques. Chapters include single-country case studies, multi-country comparisons, and thoughtful essays on the challenges of making performance measurement and management work in diverse settings.




Health Care Administration


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Health Care Administration: Managing Organized Delivery Systems, Fifth Edition provides graduate and pre-professional students with a comprehensive, detailed overview of the numerous facets of the modern healthcare system, focusing on functions and operations at both the corporate and hospital level. The Fifth Edition of this authoritative text comprises several new subjects, including new chapters on patient safety and ambulatory care center design and planning. Other updated topics include healthcare information systems, management of nursing systems, labor and employment law, and financial management, as well discussions on current healthcare policy in the United States. Health Care Administration: Managing Organized Delivery Systems, Fifth Edition continues to be one of the most effective teaching texts in the field, addressing operational, technical and organizational matters along with the day-to-day responsibilities of hospital administrators. Broad in scope, this essential text has now evolved to offer the most up-to-date, comprehensive treatment of the organizational functions of today's complex and ever-changing healthcare delivery system.