- Additional Authors
- Hurst, Jeremy.
- Description
- 63 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- The delivery of an appropriate quantity and quality of health care in an efficient way requires, among other things, matching the supply with the demand for the services of physicians, over time. Such matching has led to very different levels of physicians per million population across OECD countries – because of variations, among other things, in: morbidity and mortality, health expenditure as a share of GDP and the design of health systems. In addition, there are signs that a higher density of physicians is found in countries which have left the supply of physicians mainly to the market whereas lower density is found in countries which have planned the intake to medical schools centrally over many years...
- Series Statement
- OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.21
- Uniform Title
- OECD Health Working Papers, no.21.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/608402211700
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-001143
- Author
Simoens, Steven.
- Title
The Supply of Physician Services in OECD Countries [electronic resource] / Steven Simoens and Jeremy Hurst
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2006.
- Series
OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.21
OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.21.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Added Author
Hurst, Jeremy.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/608402211700 doi