France: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1997/019, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper reviews developments in health care spending in France and discusses the recent measures to improve the functioning of the system and contain costs. It argues that by addressing many of the issues that had bedeviled past reforms, the new measures offer a reasonable hope of containing France’s health expenditures. The paper presents a brief review of the institutional background and of past trends in health care spending and also offers an analysis of the major forces behind the recent and projected growth in expenditure.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; rate; tax; income tax; ERM; rate of return; interest rate differential; tax reduction; employment effect; supply curve; capital base; Crédit Agricole; monetary policy tightening; private bank; Social security contributions; Health care spending; Health care; Commercial banks; Employment; Global; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 150
Date: 1997-04-17
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