Financial sustainability of OECD health care systems
With health care spending growing more than the economy as a whole over the past decades, many countries are facing increasing difficulties in funding their universal access health systems. The underlying causes include increased spending on new technologies, changing epidemiological profiles with increasing prevalence of high-burden chronic illnesses and a focus on reactive rather than proactive health management. MTRG is undertaking a variety of activities to understand the factors contributing to unsustainable health care spending in OECD countries, and eliciting preferences and opinions of diverse stakeholder communities including national health services and funders, patients, academia, NGO's and private industry.
Preferences on Policy Options for Ensuring the Financial Sustainability of Health Care Services in the Future: Results of a Stakeholder Survey
For further information please contact: Aris Angelis (a.n.angelis@lse.ac.uk), Panos Kanavos (p.g.kanavos@lse.ac.uk).
Healthcare financing, budgeting and resource allocation mechanisms in fifteen countries
The study aims to explore frameworks of healthcare financing, budgeting and resource allocation mechanisms (HFBRAM) across fifteen developed and emerging countries. Based on desk research, supplemented by consultation with experts, the project investigates the relationship between HFBRAM attributes on one side and fiscal sustainability and health outcomes on the other. The fifteen study countries are Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA.
For further information please contact: Panos Kanavos (p.g.kanavos@lse.ac.uk)