ISSN:
1995-2856
Language:
English
Pages:
49 p
Parallel Title:
Parallelausg. Les déterminants des dépenses publiques de santé et de soins de longue durée
Titel der Quelle:
OECD journal: economic studies
Publ. der Quelle:
Paris : Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development, 2008
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 2006, no. 2, p. 115-154
Keywords:
Economics
Abstract:
Public expenditures on health and long-term care (hereafter, LTC) are a matter of concern for governments in most OECD countries. These expenditures have recently accelerated and are putting pressure on public budgets, adding to that arising from insufficiently reformed retirement schemes and other forms of social spending. The growth of public spending on health and long-term care in OECD countries has been limited for some time via the implementation of cost-containment policies. These policies acted essentially through wage moderation, price controls and postponement of investment in the case of health care. A large share of long-term care has been informally provided by families. However, the scope for containing health and LTC expenditures along these lines is narrowing.
DOI:
10.1787/eco_studies-v2006-art11-en
