OECD Health Project Towards High-Performing Health Systems : Policy Studies.

Description

This volume contains a selection of the health policy research and analytic studies constituting the OECD Health Project. These policy studies, along with other volumes, serve as the main source material for the synthesis report of the Project, Towards High-Performing Health Systems. Foreword Table of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Health-System Reform: Lessons from Experience Chapter 2. Monitoring and Improving the Technical Quality of Medical Care: A New Challenge for Policy Makers in OECD Countries Chapter 3. Income-related Inequality in the Use of Medical Care in 21 OECD Countries Chapter 4. Matching Supply with Demand for the Services of Physicians and Nurses Chapter 5. Tackling Excessive Waiting Times for Elective Surgery Chapter 6. Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries: The Benefits and Costs for Individuals and Health Systems.