We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending … was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been … relatively favorable. However, especially prior to Covid-19, public healthcare spending had been compressed to potentially …

Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and … to be designed to ensure the system’s financial viability. Regarding the optimal way to implement universal health care …, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a transparent health …

This paper describes how economic behavior in the market for health care in the United States is influenced by a range … of impediments to the functioning of the price mechanism which impart an upward bias to health care costs and imply … efficiency losses. The paper also considers how to reform the health care sector, with particular emphasis on finding a way of …

Healthcare in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with real per capita spending growth averaging 4 … percent since 1980. This paper examines the role of market power of U.S. healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies. It … finds that markups (the ability to charge prices above marginal costs) for publicly listed firms in the U.S. healthcare …

Demands for ramping up health expenditures are at an all-time high. Countries' needs for additional health resources … include responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, closing gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal in health in most … raising health spending focuses policymakers' attention on ensuring that resources are used efficiently. How sizable are the …

Enhancing the efficiency of education and health spending is a key policy challenge in G7 countries. The paper assesses … and doctors'' consultations coincide with higher efficiency in the health sector. Greater autonomy for schools seems to …

Japan faces the problem of how to finance retirement, health, and long-term care expenditures as the population ages … raising social security contributions, debt financing, and a uniform increase in health and long-term care copayments …

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between … 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is … capita health aid by US$1.60 per year is associated with 1.5 fewer infant deaths per thousand births. The estimated effect is …

Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …