- Additional Authors
- de la Maisonneuve, Christine.
- Found In
- OECD Economic Studies Vol. 2006, no. 2, p. 115-154 1609-7491
- Description
- 49 p.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Economics
- LCCN
- 10.1787/eco_studies-v2006-art11-en
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
Oliveira Martins, Joaquim.
- Title
The drivers of public expenditure on health and long-term care [electronic resource]: An integrated approach / Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Christine de la Maisonneuve
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Economics
- Added Author
de la Maisonneuve, Christine.
- Found In:
OECD Economic Studies Vol. 2006, no. 2, p. 115-154 2006:2<115 1609-7491
- Other Editions:
Les déterminants des dépenses publiques de santé et de soins de longue durée fre (FR-PaOEC)eco_studies-v2006-art11-fr
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/eco_studies-v2006-art11-en doi