Francesca Colombo

Biographic Data

ID3911546
NAMEFrancesca Colombo
GIVEN NAMESFrancesca
FAMILY NAMEColombo
SIGNATURECOLOMBO F
AFFILIATIONSOrganisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques
ORCID0000-0002-8099-0192
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessJeff Sachs, Jeffrey D Sachs et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2022

  • Environmental Factors in Northern Italy and Sickle Cell Disease Acute Complications: A Multicentric Study

    Open AccessMaria Elena Guerzoni, Stefano Marchesi et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    Temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity and ozone levels influence acute complications of SCD. Patients' education and the knowledge of the modes of actions of these factors could reduce hospitalizations

  • Typology of Public Coverage for Long-Term Care in OECD Countries

    Open AccessFrancesca ColomboCHAPTERFinancing Long-Term Care in Europe2012

    The importance of long-term care (LTC) — that is, care for people dependent on help for daily living activities1 — as measured by cost and utilization is growing in all high-income countries. This is a direct consequence of population ageing and, in particular, the growing number of very old people in the population. The share of the population aged over 80 years old, currently at around 4 per cent on average according to the Organization for Eco…

  • Help Wanted: Providing and Paying for Long-Term Care

    Francesca Colombo, Ana Llena‐Nozal et al.BOOKOecd Health Policy Studies Help…2011

    This book examines the challenges countries are facing with regard to providing and paying for long-term care. With populations ageing and the need for long-term care growing rapidly, this book looks at such issues as: future demographic trends, policies to support family carers, long-term care workers, financing arrangements, long-term care insurance, and getting better value for money in long-term care.  "WHO recognizes that long-term care re…

  • Évolution des dépenses de santé dans les pays de l'Ocde

    Francesca Colombo, David MorganARTICLERevue française des affaires…2006Cited by: 1References: 4

    Dans les pays de l'OCDE, les dépenses de santé continuent d'augmenter et représentent désormais, en moyenne, près de 9 % du PIB. Le coût élevé des systèmes de santé et le poids qu'ils représentent pour les finances publiques ont placé leur soutenabilité financière au cœur des priorités des pouvoirs publics. Les progrès des techniques médicales, le vieillissement de la population et l'accroissement de ses exigences vis-à-vis du système de santé so…

  • Evolution of health expenditure in OECD countries

    Francesca Colombo, David MorganARTICLERevue française des affaires…2006References: 3

    Spending on health in OECD countries continues to rise and now accounts for around 9% of GDP, on average. The high cost of health systems and the strain on the public purse mean that financial sustainability is high on the policy-makers’ agenda. Paramount among the key factors pushing up health expenditure over recent years have been the advances in medical technology, population ageing and increasing public expectations vis-à-vis their health sy…