Health Care Spending Issues in Advanced Economies
Technical Notes and Manuals, September 20, 2010
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- Authors: Eva Jenkner, Adam Leive
- Published: September 20, 2010
- Series: Technical Notes and Manuals
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462369713.005
Summary and scope
- Technical note analyzing health care spending issues in advanced economies.
- Examines recent trends in health care spending in advanced countries.
- Discusses the main challenges for advanced countries over the medium term.
- Describes policy options for containing health care costs.
- Authors: Eva Jenkner, Adam Leive.
- Publication date: September 20, 2010.
- Format: Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2010/016, Pages: 22, Volume: 2010, Issue: 016.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462369713.005
- Stock No: TNMEA2010016
- ISBN: 9781462369713
- ISSN: 2075-8669
Key findings and statistics
- Both public and total health spending have increased substantially in advanced countries.
- Total health spending increased by more than 6 percentage points of GDP in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries between 1970 and 2007.
Main challenges (medium term)
- Rising public and total health expenditures place fiscal pressures on advanced economies.
- Demographic and structural factors driving sustained expenditure growth are highlighted (as discussed in the note).
Policy options for containing health care costs
- The note describes a range of policy options for containing health care costs (detailed exposition is provided in the full technical note).
Subjects and keywords (as indexed)
- Subject: Expenditure, Financial institutions, Health, Health care, Health care spending, Insurance
- Keywords: advanced economies, Africa, Caribbean, cost, cost containment, cost sharing, expenditure growth, Health care, health care spending, health reforms, health sector, health status, Insurance, Medicaid patient, OECD health datum, patient, physician, physician payment, prescription drug spending, provider payment method, spending, TNM
Source: Health Care Spending Issues in Advanced Economies, Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2010/016 (Eva Jenkner and Adam Leive), September 20, 2010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462369713.005
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