Bouthevillain and Hervé examine the policy problems posed by the expansion of health expenditure in France and in other developed countries. They provide a concise overview of the main features of the different health-care systems and consider some aspects of insurance theory that apply to...

This paper investigates the factors that determine differences across OECD countries in health outcomes, using data on life expectancy at age 65, over the period 1960 to 2007. We estimate a production function where life expectancy depends on health and social spending, lifestyle variables, and...