Future Elderly Model (EuFEM), a dynamic microsimulation model which projects the health and socio-economic characteristics of …

of inclusiveness with respect to vulnerable elderly's health status. Focusing on several European countries, this paper … that substantial heterogeneities exist both at the extensive margin (the health-outcomes that are included in the …

the European Commission within the broader framework of EU economic law and then evaluates the compatibility of the public …

Prescription drug expenditures make up less than 10 percent of total personal health care expenditures in the United … component of personal health care. For example, between 1999 and 2000, hospital care costs rose about 5 percent, physicians and … clinical services 6 percent, while prescription drug expenditures climbed more than 17 percent. In dollar amounts, prescription …

, since southern European countries generally have lower prices. Due to the possibilities for parallel trade within the EU …

cohorts to the health status enjoyed by Europeans could save up to $1.1 trillion in discounted total health expenditures from … primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of near-elderly Americans, relative to their European peers. In particular …, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in …