Differentiation in Healthcare Financing in EU Countries

Tomasz Rokicki, Aleksandra Perkowska and Marcin Ratajczak
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Tomasz Rokicki: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Aleksandra Perkowska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Marcin Ratajczak: Management Institute, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: The main aim of this work was to identify and present the situation and changes in the level of expenditure on healthcare in the European Union in the years 2013–2017. This involved an analysis of the available literature on healthcare financing, data from the EUROSTAT database. For this work, the comparative method was used, dynamics indicators were used, the Gini concentration coefficient was calculated, and the degree of concentration was presented using the Lorenz curve. Pearson’s linear correlation coefficients were also used. A descriptive, tabular and graphic method was used to present the test results that were obtained. A high concentration of expenditure on healthcare was found in the EU countries with the largest population and that are the most economically developed. These results also relate to these expenses on a per capita basis. The main factor differentiating the level of healthcare financing was the level of economic development. This regularity was confirmed in the statement of expenditure per capita, the relationship between this expenditure and the value of GDP and the results obtained when calculating the correlation between expenditure and economic development. In addition to the economic situation, an important factor determining the amount of expenditure on healthcare was the percentage of the country’s population that are older people.

Keywords: healthcare; EU countries; sustainable development; healthcare financing; GDP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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