Using administrative data on incomes and healthcare spending, we develop new evidence on the distribution of healthcare spending in Hungary. We document substantial geographic heterogeneity and a positive association between income and public healthcare spending.

The report is a result of the Ageing, Health Status and Determinants of Health Expenditure (AHEAD) project within the EC 6th Framework programme. The objective ofthe research was to present the model of future health care system revenues and expenditures in selected Central and Eastern European...

This paper extracts the policy implications from ENEPRI Research Report Nos. 28, entitled Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Hungary. The research was carried out under Work Package II of the AHEAD Project (Ageing, Health Status and Determinants of Health...

The analysis aims to describe processes of demographic and epidemiological change, as well as health status self-assessment in selected Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEECs), including both the new member states and the candidate countries. The analysis is presented in the context of the...

Expenditure on medical treatment has tended to rise as a proportion of national income throughout the European Union. A particular concern is that with an ageing population and therefore the prospect of more elderly persons, the pressures on expenditure for health care will increase further. The...