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How OECD health systems define the range of good and services to be financed collectively

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  • Ane Auraaen

    (OECD)

  • Rie Fujisawa

    (OECD)

  • Grégoire de Lagasnerie

    (OECD)

  • Valérie Paris

    (OECD)

Abstract

Universal health coverage has been achieved in nearly all OECD countries, providing the population with access to a defined range of goods and services. This paper provides detailed descriptions of how countries delineate the range of benefits covered, including the role of health technology assessment and specific criteria to inform the decision-making process. Further, the paper examines the composition of assessment/appraisal and decision-making bodies across the different OECD health systems, highlighting the role of patients and public as well as transparency of decision-making processes. While the process of including new technologies to the range of benefits covered is structured and relies on a well-defined set of criteria, dynamic adjustments of the range of benefits covered are less structured. The paper then looks at the boundaries of health care coverage and presents a set of services for which coverage varies greatly across the OECD countries. La quasi-totalité des pays de l’OCDE offrent à présent une couverture maladie universelle, donnant accès à leur population à un panier défini de biens et services de santé. Ce document décrit en détail la manière dont les pays définissent les contours de ce panier de soins, notamment le rôle de l’évaluation des technologies et des critères utilisés pour éclairer la prise de décision. Ce document examine également la composition des instances responsables d’évaluer les technologies et de prendre les décisions en matière de couverture, mettant en évidence le rôle des patients ou du public en général et la transparence du processus de décision. Alors que le processus visant à inclure de nouvelles technologies dans le panier de soins est en général très structuré, les processus d’ajustements dynamiques du panier de soins sont moins bien définis. Ce document analyse enfin les contours du panier de biens et services couverts dans les pays de l’OCDE en analysant un ensemble de biens et services de santé, dont la couverture varie largement d’un pays à l’autre.

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  • Ane Auraaen & Rie Fujisawa & Grégoire de Lagasnerie & Valérie Paris, 2016. "How OECD health systems define the range of good and services to be financed collectively," OECD Health Working Papers 90, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:elsaad:90-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlnb59ll80x-en
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    1. Sean Dougherty & Luca Lorenzoni & Alberto Marino & Fabrice Murtin, 2022. "The impact of decentralisation on the performance of health care systems: a non-linear relationship," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 23(4), pages 705-715, June.
    2. Herberholz, Chantal & Phuntsho, Sonam, 2021. "Medical, transportation and spiritual out-of-pocket health expenditure on outpatient and inpatient visits in Bhutan," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 273(C).
    3. Beata Gavurova & Kristina Kocisova & Jakub Sopko, 2021. "Health system efficiency in OECD countries: dynamic network DEA approach," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-25, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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