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Francesco Paolucci ()
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Francesco Paolucci: The Australian National University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Health Care Financing and Insurance, 2011, pp 1-11 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Since 1960 the medical care expenditures have more than doubled worldwide as a share of GDP (OECD 2009a; Kotlikoff and Hagist 2005; Cutler 2002). OECD countries have experienced an average annual increase in per capita health care costs of 3.5% during the period 1990–2001, outpacing the average annual economic growth during the same period by about 50%.

Keywords: National Health Service; OECD Country; Health Care Financing; Sickness Fund; Social Health Insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10794-8_1

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