Since the prevalence of many chronic health conditions increases with age we might anticipate that as the population … prevalence did not change? How much would the requirements for health care resources increase in those circumstances? How much … rates for almost all conditions associated mostly with old age would rise by more than 25 percent and that health care …

Ageing populations in developed countries have placed increasing demands on health care services and drawn attention to … how age is related to medical expenditure. The effect of ageing on health involves a mixture of biological and social …

“Health, as we all know, is by far the biggest part of the budget. And for years it has also been the fastest growing … of health spending. That is no small feat….” 2012 Nova Scotia Budget Speech (Nova Scotia, p. 11).Nova Scotians carry a … recommend that Nova Scotia prefund selected healthcare services and benchmark against other provinces to get better health bang …

, pay higher taxes to cover a relentlessly growing health care bill, or privatize parts of the health care system … benchmark against other provinces to get better health bang for their tax bucks.“Publicly funded healthcare's claim on …

that Quebec prefund selected healthcare services and benchmark against other provinces to get better health bang for their …

“No services are more important than the health and community services we deliver through our four Regional Health … Newfoundland’s economic resources has not shown the same upward trend evident elsewhere in Canada, but that will change,” said co …

critical than in health care… with the population aging – and more expensive medical technology and treatments available to … improve health outcomes and quality of life – we have every reason to believe spending on health care will continue to rise in …

literature, which focused on inefficient health behavior of the less educated, we investigate the extent to which the education … delayed through health expenditure. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to their return to education. The proposed …

This paper discusses the relationship between medical innovations and ageing from a health economics perspective and … surveys empirical evidence on medical R&D incentives, R&D costs of pharmaceuticals, and the cost-effectiveness of health … conceptualization of ageing as an accumulation of health deficits. The paper also discusses the role of medical progress for longevity …