Friday, June 27, 2008
[IWS] OECD HEALTH DATA 2008 [26 June 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD HEALTH DATA 2008 [26 June 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_37407_12968734_1_1_1_37407,00.html
or
www.oecd.org/health/healthdata
OECD Health Data 2008 includes new tool to analyse health expenditure
The online edition of OECD Health Data 2008 includes, for the first time, the main tables derived from the joint OECD, Eurostat and WHO data collection of Health Accounts, allowing more detailed analyses of health expenditure by types of services and goods, by health care providers and by financing sources.
OECD Health Data is the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across the 30 OECD countries. It can be used for comparative analyses of:
* Health status
* Non-medical determinants of health (including smoking and obesity)
* Health care resources and utilisation
* Long-term care resources and utilisation
* Expenditure and financing of health care
* Social protection (including public and private health insurance coverage)
* Pharmaceutical consumption.
OECD Health Data 2008 is available online to subscribers via SourceOECD,
List of Tables and Charts (sample)
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/9/40902483.xls
Press Release
Growth in health spending slows in many OECD countries, according to OECD Health Data 2008
http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3343,en_2649_34487_40902299_1_1_1_1,00.html
26/06/2008 - A combination of slower growth in spending on healthcare and expanding economies has led to a stabilisation of health spending as a proportion of GDP in many OECD countries, according to OECD Health Data 2008.
In 2006, the latest year for which comparable data are available, health spending on average across OECD countries grew in real terms by just over 3%, the lowest rate since 1997. Looking at the trend during this decade, health expenditure grew rapidly in many countries between 2000 and 2003, with an annual average growth rate of 6.2% over that period. Since 2003, the rise in health expenditure has slowed, however, to an average of 3.6% per year.
The health expenditure share of GDP on average across OECD countries remained unchanged in 2006 compared with 2005, at 8.9%. In several countries, the percentage of GDP devoted to health actually fell slightly between 2005 and 2006, while in others it stabilised. Overall, this marked a pause in a long-term rising trend that has seen health spending rise from 6.6% of GDP on average in OECD countries in 1980.
AND MUCH MORE....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD HEALTH DATA 2008 [26 June 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_37407_12968734_1_1_1_37407,00.html
or
www.oecd.org/health/healthdata
OECD Health Data 2008 includes new tool to analyse health expenditure
The online edition of OECD Health Data 2008 includes, for the first time, the main tables derived from the joint OECD, Eurostat and WHO data collection of Health Accounts, allowing more detailed analyses of health expenditure by types of services and goods, by health care providers and by financing sources.
OECD Health Data is the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across the 30 OECD countries. It can be used for comparative analyses of:
* Health status
* Non-medical determinants of health (including smoking and obesity)
* Health care resources and utilisation
* Long-term care resources and utilisation
* Expenditure and financing of health care
* Social protection (including public and private health insurance coverage)
* Pharmaceutical consumption.
OECD Health Data 2008 is available online to subscribers via SourceOECD,
List of Tables and Charts (sample)
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/9/40902483.xls
Press Release
Growth in health spending slows in many OECD countries, according to OECD Health Data 2008
http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3343,en_2649_34487_40902299_1_1_1_1,00.html
26/06/2008 - A combination of slower growth in spending on healthcare and expanding economies has led to a stabilisation of health spending as a proportion of GDP in many OECD countries, according to OECD Health Data 2008.
In 2006, the latest year for which comparable data are available, health spending on average across OECD countries grew in real terms by just over 3%, the lowest rate since 1997. Looking at the trend during this decade, health expenditure grew rapidly in many countries between 2000 and 2003, with an annual average growth rate of 6.2% over that period. Since 2003, the rise in health expenditure has slowed, however, to an average of 3.6% per year.
The health expenditure share of GDP on average across OECD countries remained unchanged in 2006 compared with 2005, at 8.9%. In several countries, the percentage of GDP devoted to health actually fell slightly between 2005 and 2006, while in others it stabilised. Overall, this marked a pause in a long-term rising trend that has seen health spending rise from 6.6% of GDP on average in OECD countries in 1980.
AND MUCH MORE....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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