International comparison of health system performance has become increasingly popular, made possible by the rapidly expanding availability of health data. It ha

This book seeks to identify the current ‘state of the art’ of health system comparison, identifying data and methodological issues and exploring the current

In a world where there is increasing demand for the performance of health providers to be measured, there is a need for a more strategic vision of the role that

Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of

This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improv