HEALTH CARE QUALITY

INDICATORS:

DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION

Nelly Biondi OECD HCQI Experts Meeting Plenary Session November 7, 2013

Mid-November 2012: Beginning of the preparation of the HCQI data collection material

Mid-December 2012: Sending of the HCQI material and beginning of the data collection

End of February 2013: Deadline to return all updated information and beginning of the validation process

Beginning of July 2013: End of the validation process, beginning of the production of Health at a Glance 2013

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Timeline of the 2012-2013 HCQI Data

collection

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Growing number of OECD participating

countries

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Meeting deadlines

21st of November 2013: - Release of HAG@2013, and press releases

- Release of HCQI data and related information into OECD Health Statistics 2013 via OECD.stat

26th of July 2013: End of the production of HAG and sending of the final draft to countries for review

26th of August 2013: End of the review process and beginning of the integration of countries’comments in HAG

5th of September 2013: End of the integration of comments and sending of the publication for editing and translation.

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Timeline for the release of Health at a

Glance 2013

• A few copies available in the room

• Hard copies to be sent to Experts as

soon as available (week of 18

November)

• Copies provided to OECD Health

Committee delegates

• Also planning to send copies from

OECD Secretary-General to Ministers

of Health

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Distribution of the publication

• General press release (which will focus on the impact of the

economic crisis on health spending, health status and access

to care)

• Also planning to release country-specific press release for

some countries (e.g. Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, UK

and US)

• Website for the publication (press releases, executive

summary in all languages, chartpack, …):

http://www.oecd.org/health/health-at-a-glance.htm

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Communication plan

• Release country-specific press release

• Opportunity to highlight key messages on how your

country compared with other OECD countries, based on

your selection of indicators from the publication

• 9 countries thus far have indicated their interest:

Austria, Canada, Czech Rep., Finland, France, Iceland,

Israel, Korea and Netherlands

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Opportunity for national involvement in

dissemination of Health at a Glance 2013

• By November 12 – Countries indicate their interest in issuing a press release

(message sent to marie-clemence.canaud@oecd.org)

– Draft OECD general press release sent to participating countries, along with PDF version of the publication

• By November 19 – Final OECD press release sent to participating countries

• Thursday 21 November – Launch of Health at a Glance 2013: OECD press release

and country-specific press releases

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Timeframe for countries interested in

issuing a press release

Editorial and Executive Summary

1) Health status (more emphasis on health inequalities)

2) Non-medical determinants (new indicators on children)

3) Health workforce

4) Health care activities

5) Quality of care (new indicators on patient experience)

6) Access to care (new indicators on waiting times)

7) Health expenditure and financing

8) Long-term care

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Content of Health at a Glance 2013

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Organisation of Health at a Glance 2013

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Statlinks and health database

• One database: OECD Health statistics via OECD.stat

• Drawing from 4 questionnaires:

OECD Health Data questionnaire: Health status, risk factors,

pharmaceutical market, long-term care, social protection

Joint questionnaire on Non-monetary Health Care Statistics: Health

Care Resources, Health Care utilisation

Joint Health Accounts questionnaire: Health Expenditure and Financing

Health Care Quality Indicators questionnaire: Health care quality on

primary care, acute care, cancer care, mental health care, patient safety

and patient experiences (every two years)

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OECD Health Statistics - Organisation

Dissemination online in OECD.stat

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OECD.Stat - Access

• Access mostly free for all users:

Public use database (70% of the full content, including 100% of HCQI data) accessed via OECD.Stat

Login/password for all correspondents to access the full database

via OECD.Stat at http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx

Login: ELS_HDACCESS Password: HealthData2013Access

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Definitions and Sources & Methods

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HCQI webpage on OECD website

• Website:

http://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/healthcarequalityindicators.htm

• DISCUSS experiences with data collection and reporting in HAG 2013

• COMMENT ways to improve the process

• INDICATE if they are interested in issuing their own press release

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Countries are invited to: