The economics of public health care reform in advanced and emerging economies
By: editors, Benedict Clements, David Coady, and Sanjeev Gupta
Contributors: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781616352448
Subjects: Case studies; Health care reform
Description: "Health care reform will be a key fiscal policy challenge in both advanced and emerging economies in coming years. In the advanced economies, the health sector has been one of the main drivers of government expenditure, accounting for about half of the rise in total spending over the past forty years. These spending pressures are expected to intensify over the next two decades, reflecting the aging of the population, income growth, and continued technological innovations in health care. These spending increases will come at a time when countries need to undertake fiscal consolidation to reduce public debt ratios in the wake of the global financial crisis. In the emerging economies, health care reform is also a key issue, given substantial lags in health indicators and limited fiscal resources. For these economies, the challenge will be to expand public coverage without undermining fiscal sustainability. This book provides new insights into these challenges and potential policy responses, with cross-country analysis and case studies."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.