Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems - Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives

Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives September 2015 www.oecd.org/health Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems: Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives provides a detailed overview of institutional frameworks for financing health care in OECD countries. [...] Average annual growth rate of real health spending and GDP per capita, 1990-2012 (or nearest years) Source: OECD Health Statistics 2015 Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems @ OECD 2015 1 Health spending growth has been markedly Despite the recent slowdown in health slower since the global financial crisis spending, concerns about the fiscal sustainability of health system remain large After an. [...] Drivers of health expenditure growth, the challenges of health in public budgets, and policies implemented by countries to control spending both before and in response to the financial crisis were some of the topics debated. [...] Nearly half of sustainability of health systems OECD countries (such as Australia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, or A number of political and institutional factors the United Kingdom) have also used spending work together and interact in complex ways, reviews to identify potential savings in health affecting the fiscal sustainability of health expenditure. [...] The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.