Cross-Country Analysis of Efficiency in OECD Health Care Sectors : Options for Research

Unto Häkkinen ; Isabelle Joumard

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: efficiency;    public spending;    international benchmarking;    health care;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/178861806081

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

A key policy challenge in most OECD countries is to improve outcomes of the health care system while containing its costs. Benchmarking countries and identifying best practices to enhance public spending cost-effectiveness would, in this regard, be a useful exercise. This paper presents three main options for measuring effectiveness in the health care sector, discusses their pros and cons, including data availability and the possibility of whether these options would allow an analysis of how the institutional setting shapes spending effectiveness.