Yesterday, OECD published the Heath at a Glance Report 2011, analyzing countries’ relative positions against each other.  It is very powerful analysis and quickly raises questions for healthcare professionals and policymakers.

There are also a number of country specific summaries, including Health at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators Key Findings United Kingdom.

For me there are three open questions:

1. Does the UK Government have the right policies?
2. Has national spending on healthcare being effectively deployed?
3. How will austerity cuts impact future healthcare outcomes?

Related articles

• OECD – Health at a Glance 2011 (bespacific.com)
• Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD (3eintelligence.wordpress.com)
• Top of the flops: has England really tumbled down school league tables? (guardian.co.uk)
• Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD (bespacific.com)
• Income inequality growing faster in UK than any other rich country, says OECD (guardian.co.uk)
• OECD Countries With The Widest Gap Between Rich And Poor (huffingtonpost.com)