What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy: A Primer

William Hsiao

No 2000/136, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need in situations where they must address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of poverty reduction. The primer highlights the appropriate roles for the state and market in health care financing and provision. It also suggests the situations in which macroeconomists should engage health sector specialists in policy formulation exercises. Finally, it illustrates the different health policy issues that confront countries at alternative stages of economic development and the range of appropriate policy options.

Keywords: WP; expenditure inflation; health status; health expenditure; health practitioner; health system; health economics; government expenditure; good health; health sector; private sector; Health care; Health care spending; Tax allowances; Social assistance spending; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69
Date: 2000-07-01
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