OECD Health Ministerial and High-Level Policy Forum

Better Policies for More Resilient Health Systems



OECD’s Work on Health

OECD Health Ministerial 
23 January 2024 | Paris, France 



 Work on Health System Resilience 

Ready for the Next Crisis? Investing in Health System Resilience

The COVID-19 pandemic had massive consequences for societies and health systems across the OECD and beyond. Health systems were not resilient enough. Resilient health systems plan and are ready for...
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Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems 

How to Finance More Resilient Health Systems When Money Is Tight?

Finding sufficient funds to pay for more resilient health systems is challenging in the current economic context. COVID-19 has shown the need for additional targeted spending on public health...
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Renewed Health System Performance Assessment Framework

Health System Performance Assessment (HSPA) frameworks have been developed and used increasingly across countries and regions, as a way to bring together stakeholders in the health sector to share...
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Collective action for responsible AI in health

Artificial intelligence will have profound impacts across health systems, transforming health care, public health, and research. Responsible AI can accelerate efforts toward health systems being...
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Health at a Glance 2023

OECD Indicators. 

Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. These cover health status, risk...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Telemedicine

The use of telemedicine was quite limited in most OECD countries before the COVID-19 pandemic, held back by regulatory barriers and hesitancy from patients and providers. In early 2020, as COVID-19...
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A New Benchmark for Mental Health Systems. Tackling the Social and Economic Costs of Mental Ill-Health

Mental ill-health affects millions of people, and drives economic costs of more than 4% of GDP. A good mental health system helps people stay in good mental health, and connects those in need to...
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Country Health Profiles 2023

The Country Health Profiles are a key element of the European Commission’s State of Health in the EU cycle, a knowledge brokering project developed with financial support from the European Union....
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Embracing a One Health Framework to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

 Embracing a One Health Framework to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials – remains an alarming global health threat....
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Equipping Health Workers with the Right Skills

Skills Anticipation in the Health Workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated the long-standing skills shortages in the health workforce across countries. Equipping health workers with the right skills is essential to respond to...
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OECD Health Working Papers

Developing a set of indicators to monitor the performance of the pharmaceutical industry

The 2018 OECD report Pharmaceutical Innovation and Access to Medicines noted that public debates about pharmaceutical policy are often marked by a lack of authoritative and commonly accepted...
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Assessing health system performance: Proof of concept for a HSPA dashboard of key indicators

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Health Data Governance for the Digital Age: Implementing the OECD Recommendation on Health Data Governance

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Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific 2022: Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage 

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