The English National Health Service: An Economic Health Check

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The English National Health Service: An Economic Health Check

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Peter Smith
Maria Goddard

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The government’s health reform programme since 2000 has covered many aspects of the organisation of health care and was accompanied by a sizeable increase in spending on healthcare. Many of these reforms have the potential to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the health care system and ultimately health outcomes, although it is too early to make definitive judgements on their effectiveness. This chapter provides an overview of the organisation and financing of the National Health Service, reviews its performance, assesses the reforms since the start of the decade and provides recommendations for further development. This Working Paper relates to the 2009 Economic Survey of the United Kingdom (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/uk).

Système national de santé anglais : Bilan de santé économique
Le programme de réformes engagé par le gouvernement depuis 2000 dans le secteur de la santé couvre de nombreux aspects de l’organisation des soins et services de santé et il s’est accompagné d’une augmentation notable des dépenses consacrées à la santé. Nombre de ces réformes sont de nature à améliorer l’efficience et la réactivité du système de santé et, en fin de compte, les résultats sur le plan de la santé, bien qu'il soit trop tôt pour porter des jugements définitifs sur leur efficacité. Ce chapitre donne une vue d’ensemble de l’organisation et du financement du National Health Service ; il en examine les performances et évalue les réformes conduites depuis le début de la décennie, et formule des recommandations pour la poursuite des réformes. Ce document de travail se rapporte à l'Étude économique de l'OCDE de le Royaume-Uni 2009 (www.oecd.org/eco/etudes/uk).

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H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
O57 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2009-08-02 (All new papers)
NEP-HEA-2009-08-02 (Health Economics)
NEP-IAS-2009-08-02 (Insurance Economics)
NEP-REG-2009-08-02 (Regulation)

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