HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY Ch 19 Population aging and the future of health policy
Ch 19 | Population aging and the future of health policy HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY
The sustainability of health care systems 。 Many current health care systems are pyramid schemes:debts of the current generation are borne by the larger generation that follows, whose even greater debts are in turn borne by the even larger generation after that. This sort of health system financing can succeed in a 1950-style world,with high birthrates and ever-expanding populations,but not when populations are shrinking. Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomics
Bhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics The sustainability of health care systems • Many current health care systems are pyramid schemes: debts of the current generation are borne by the larger generation that follows, whose even greater debts are in turn borne by the even larger generation after that. • This sort of health system financing can succeed in a 1950-style world, with high birthrates and ever-expanding populations, but not when populations are shrinking