The measurement of the impact of technology as a driver of health care expenditure is complex since technological … effects are closely interlinked with other determinants such as income and the composition and health status of a population …. Furthermore, the impact of the supply of advances in technology on health expenditure cannot be considered in isolation from …

universal insurance pension system would allow to reduce the important government funded pension grant system and ensure that …, with often a low pension. Moreover, South Africa has a dual, public and private, health care system. Half of the country …’s health-care spending goes to the private sector, which covers only 16% of the population. Moreover, the health care system …

France’s health-care system offers high-quality care. Average health outcomes are good, public satisfaction with the … health-care system is high, and average household out-of-pocket expenditures are low. As in other OECD countries, technology … by care providers, tackle the high spending on pharmaceuticals, strengthen the role of health insurers as purchasing …

The Netherlands, as other OECD countries, faces the challenge of providing high quality health and long-term care … services to an ageing population in a cost-efficient manner. In the health care sector, reforms have aimed at introducing more … transition to regulated competition in health care provision, to strengthen the role of health insurers as purchasing agents and …

In many OECD countries changes in demography and health conditions are putting pressure on public finance. To prevent …, focussing on health care, secondary education and general public services. The DEA model has a two input-one output structure …

Despite having low government spending, Switzerland scores highly in various public policy outcomes, including health … market, and by further clarifying study streams across tertiary education. Health-care efficiency could be raised by further …

females, and rules regarding the evolution of statutory retirement ages. Third, revised public health expenditure projections … introduce a higher income elasticity in middle-income than high-income countries and makes the excess of health care inflation …