Health
Health Care Quality and Outcomes
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As health spending rises, there is pressure to ensure that resources help people live healthier lives. Most OECD countries have seen increased public interest in ensuring that patients receive care that is safe, effective, and responsive to their needs. Increasing emphasis on choice, public accountability and quality assurance has stimulated interest in the measurement of health care quality and outcomes. Providing patients with care that is safe, effective and responsive to patient needs is now recognised as the foremost objective of health systems in all OECD countries. We measure quality of care and help governments identify the drivers of high-quality care as the cornerstone of quality improvement.
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Health Care Quality & Outcomes IndicatorsHigh quality care improves health outcomes and reduces waste. It is integral to a high performing, sustainable health system. |
Patient Safety
Maximising safety is a fundamental responsibility of individual healthcare providers and healthcare systems. |
Integrated CareIntegrated care initiatives aim at ensuring individuals receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. |
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Hospital PerformanceHospitals are a key component of health systems with a large impact on overall health system performance and total health expenditures. |
Health Information InfrastructureHealth data constitute a significant resource in most OECD countries that could be used to improve the quality of health care and the performance of health systems. |
Reviews of National Health QualityA series of in-depth reviews of the policies and institutions that underpin the measurement and improvement of health care quality in 15 different health systems. |
KEY DOCUMENTS
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in OECD countries, OECD Health Working Paper No. 141, May 2022
- The economics of patient safety Part IV: Safety in the workplace - Occupational safety as the bedrock of resilient health systems, OECD Health Working Paper No. 130, September 2021
- Chapter 11 The Leading Edge: The Role of Governance, Leadership, and Culture in Improving Patient Safety, in The Overlooked Pandemic - How to Transform Patient Safety and Save Healthcare Systems, The G20 Health and Development Partnership (G20HDP) and RLDatix, March 2021
- The Economics of Patient Safety: From analysis to action, October 2020
- The economics of patient safety Part III: Long-term care - Valuing safety for the long haul, OECD Health Working Paper No. 121, September 2020
- System governance towards improved patient safety, OECD Health Working Paper No. 120, September 2020
- Culture as a cure: Assessments of patient safety culture in OECD countries, OECD Health Working Paper No. 119, June 2020
- Is Cardiovascular Disease Slowing Improvements in Life Expectancy? OECD and The King's Fund Workshop Proceedings, May 2020
- Methodological development of international measurement of acute myocardial infarction 30-day mortality rates at the hospital level, OECD Health Working Paper No. 114, December 2019
- Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe: Characteristics, effectiveness and implementation of different strategies, September 2019. This volume is the result of a collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the OECD Health Division.
- Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative, July 2018
- Also read the related BMJ Opinion piece: Universal quality healthcare coverage - a commitment to building a healthier and more productive society, July 2018
- Measuring Patient Safety - Opening the Black Box, Policy Brief prepared for the 3rd Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Tokyo, April 2018
further reading
- Health at a Glance: Europe 2022 - State of Health in the EU Cycle, see Chapter 6 on Effectiveness: Quality of care and patient experience
- Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2022, see Chapter 7 on Quality of care
- Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators, see Chapter 6 on Quality and Outcomes of Care
- Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, see Chapter 7 on Quality of care
- Realising the Potential of Primary Health Care, OECD Health Policy Studies (June 2020)
- OECD Health Working Papers, particularly # 147, 145, 142, 141, 138, 134, 130, 127, 121, 120, 119, 114, 105, 102, 99, 96, 47, 29, 23, and 22
- OECD Health Technical Papers (# 14 to 20; note that this series has been discontinued)
- Learn more about our work on Cancer Inequalities
Peer review articles, including:
- Towards actionable international comparisons of health system performance: expert revision of the OECD framework and quality indicators F Carinci, K Van Gool, J Mainz, J Veillard… - … Quality in Health Care, 2015 - ISQHC
- Reporting and use of the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators at national and regional level in 15 countries AM Rotar, MJ Van den Berg, DS Kringos… - … for Quality in Health Care, 2016 - ISQHC
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