[OpenSpending] Insights into healthcare spending? (Dutch Audit Office)

[Andrew Stott]

Ton

 

There’s been some work on prescription costs in the UK with stunning results
– see
http://www.theodi.org/media-release/millions-pounds-prescription-savings-ide
ntified-open-data-innovative-startups 

 

“It looks at the entire prescriptions dataset (37 million rows of data), and
therefore represents results from facts, not models. If the research had
been conducted a year ago, over £200m could have been saved, and looking
forward the team expect to identify similar potential savings.”

 

FYI my presentation to the Dutch auditors on 21 January 2013 on how auditors
should embrace Open Data and crowdsourcing is at
http://www.slideshare.net/dirdigeng/20130121-netherlandsauditors10

 

Regards

 

Andrew 

 

From: openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org
[mailto:openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Ton Zijlstra
Sent: 15 May 2013 11:27
To: openspending
Subject: [OpenSpending] Insights into healthcare spending? (Dutch Audit
Office)

 

Hi all,

 

I'm currently preparing an experimental workshop with the Dutch national
audit office. The central question there is how audit processes might be
different if open data is playing a role. As a test case they have selected
the healthcare costs dossier. A report on healthcare costs was published
recently and now they want to explore how this would have been different had
there been more open healthcare data.

 

Is there anyone here who has some experience with open data concerning
healthcare spending somewhere in the world and/or examples connected to
healthcare spending?

 

best,

 

Ton


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