Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France (M Cecchini MD, F Sassi PhD); Health Systems Financing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (J A Lauer PhD, D Chisholm PhD); Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost-eff ectiveness, University of Queensland School of Population Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Y Y Lee BHSci); and Economic Anal...

This paper discusses the main issues and driving forces of government policies in the area of risk management in agriculture, with particular emphasis on good policy practices and the international environment. Four main ideas are developed. First, good policy and good policy analysis requires a holistic approach. This is particularly so in this policy area because risks interact prominently wi...

Henry Kohler1* and Leila Harhaus2 1Department of Rehabilitation, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany 2Department of Plastic Surgery of Heidelberg University, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany *Corresponding author: Henry Kohler, Rehabilitation Centre and Department of BG Rehabilitation and Therapy Management, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, Ludwig Guttmann Street 13, Ludwigshafen, 67071, Germ...

The Cardiac Centre Shisong organizes an open door day in Hilton Hotel Yaounde Tantchou Tchoumi Jacques Cabral, Appolonia Budzee, Ambassa Jean Claude, Fanka Marcel, Mbidzenyuy Julius Peter, Ngoran Henry St. Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, Cardiac Centre Shisong, Kumbo, Cameroon Corresponding author: Tantchou Tchoumi Jacques Cabral, St. Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, Cardiac Centre Shi...

The Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) provides cutting-edge knowledge services on demand and online and aims to help reduce poverty by informing policy and practice in relation to governance, conflict and social development issues. The Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre (Noref, Norsk Ressurssenter for Fredsbygging) is a resource centre integrating knowledge and experience to...

Note prepared for the OECD-Secretariat and the OECD TIP-group Presented at the 2nd OECD-workshop on cluster analysis and cluster-based policy Vienna, May 4th & 5th 1 This draft was prepared by Theo Roelandt and Pim den Hertog using the contributions of the focus group members. A full list of the participants of the focus group and the papers prepared for the focus group meetings has published i...

OBJECTIVE To review and update the conceptual framework, indicator content and research priorities of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) project, after a decade of collaborative work. DESIGN A structured assessment was carried out using a modified Delphi approach, followed by a consensus meeting, to assess the suite of HCQI...