Technical Notes and Manuals

Health Care Spending Issues in Advanced Economies

ByEva Jenkner, Adam Leive

September 20, 2010

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Eva Jenkner, and Adam Leive. "Health Care Spending Issues in Advanced Economies", Technical Notes and Manuals 2010, 016 (2010), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462369713.005

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Disclaimer: This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.

Summary

This technical note analyzes the health care spending issues in advanced economies. 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. This note examines the recent trends in health care spending in advanced countries. It discusses the main challenges for advanced countries over the medium term. Policy options for containing health care costs are also described.

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

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