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Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Policies for Better Health and Quality of Care

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The last 50 years have witnessed remarkable improvements in CVD outcomes. Since 1960, overall CVD mortality rates have fallen by over 60{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}, but these improvements are not evenly spread across OECD countries, and the rising prevalence of diabetes and obesity are threatening to offset gains. This report examines how countries perform in their ability to […]

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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs)

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As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared for England, Sweden, Scotland, Netherlands, Finland and Italy intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems. These profiles, entitled ‘Mental Health Analysis Profiles’ (MHAPs), will be able to inform

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Main causes of cancer deaths 2013

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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in OECD countries after cardiovascular diseases, accounting for 25{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of all deaths in 2013. Lung cancer is still by far the most common cause of death from cancer among men (26{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}), followed by colorectal cancer (11{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}) and prostate cancer (9{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}). Lung cancer is also the most common cause of

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Recruitment and Retention of the Health Workforce

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The European Commission has commissioned a study to identify and analyse effective strategies for recruiting and retaining health professionals to serve as inspiration for the development of organisational strategies and human resources policies in Europe. Many EU countries report difficulties both in retaining and recruiting health staff, although reasons vary as to why. For some countries,

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OECD Health Statistics 2015

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Many European countries saw further reductions in health spending in 2013, according to OECD Health Statistics 2015. Health spending continued to shrink in Greece, Italy and Portugal and most countries in the European Union reported real per capita health spending below the levels of 2009. Outside the EU average real growth in health spending was

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