Subnational Health Spending And Soft Budget Constraints In Oecd Countries

Author : Ernesto Crivelli
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1455201308
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subnational Health Spending and Soft Budget Constraints in OECD Countries written by Ernesto Crivelli and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government spending on health has grown as a percent of GDP over the last 40 years in industrialized countries. Widespread decentralization of healthcare systems has often accompanied this increase in spending. In this paper, we explore the effect of soft budget constraints on subnational health spending in a sample of OECD countries. We find countries where subnational governments rely primarily on central government financing and enjoy large borrowing autonomy have higher healthcare spending than those with more restrictions on subnational government borrowing.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264266410
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tackling Wasteful Spending on Health written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countries could potentially spend significantly less on health care with no impact on health system performance, or on health outcomes. This report reviews strategies put in place by countries to limit ineffective spending and waste.

Author : Mr.David Coady
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1475583788
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Public Health Care Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies written by Mr.David Coady and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using cross-country analysis and case studies, this book provides new insights and potential policy responses for the key fiscal policy challenges that both advanced and emerging economies will be facing.

Author : Luc Eyraud
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1463904940
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decentralizing Spending More Than Revenue written by Luc Eyraud and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many countries the decentralization of spending responsibilities has outpaced the decentralization of revenue powers. Sub-national governments have then to rely on transfers from the center and borrowing to finance their spending. When this occurs, we find that the overall fiscal deficit tends to increase. This result is based on cross-country econometric evidence from OECD countries, and is particularly strong in the presence of regional disparities. Fiscal discipline can be strengthened by ensuring that sub-national taxing powers are adequate to meet spending obligations.

Author : Inaki Aldasoro
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484357558
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vertical Fiscal Imbalances and the Accumulation of Government Debt written by Inaki Aldasoro and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delegating fiscal decision making power to sub-national governments has been an area of interest for both academics and policymakers given the expectation that it may lead to better and more efficient provision of public goods and services. Decentralization has, however, often occurred on the expenditure and less on the revenue side, creating “vertical fiscal imbalances” where sub-national governments’ expenditures are not financed through their own revenues. The mismatch between own revenues and expenditures may have consequences for public finance performance. This study constructs a large sample of general and subnational level fiscal data beginning in 1980 from the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. Extending the literature to the balance sheet approach, this paper examines the effects of vertical fiscal imbalances on government debt. The results indicate that vertical fiscal imbalances are relevant in explaining government debt accumulation suggesting a degree of caution when promoting fiscal decentralization. This paper also underlines the role of data covering the general government and its subectors for comprehensive analysis of fiscal performance.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264233385
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms. Public health spending in OECD countries has grown rapidly over most of the last half century. These spending increases have contributed to ...

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264009914
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and Local Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.

Author : Joan Costa-Font
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108664059
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare written by Joan Costa-Font and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide, and it is expected to increase its government shares of GDP in the near future. Truly global in its scope, this book presents a unified, structured understanding of how the design of a country's health institutions influence its healthcare activities and outcomes. Building on the 'public choice' tradition in political economy, the authors explore how patient-citizens interact with their country's political institutions to determine the organisation of the health system. The book discusses a number of institutional influences of a health system, such as federalism, the nature of collective action, electoral competition, constitutional designs, political ideologies, the welfare effects of corruption and lobbying and, more generally, the dynamics of change. Whilst drawing on the theoretical concepts of political economy, this book describes an institution-grounded analysis of health systems in an accessible way. We hope it will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students studying health economics, health policy and public policy. More generally, it can help health policy community to structure ideas about policy and institutional reform.

Author : Rechel B.
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9289051728
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organization and Financing of Public Health Services in Europe written by Rechel B. and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are public health services in Europe organized and financed? With European health systems facing a plethora of challenges that can be addressed through public health interventions there is renewed interest in strengthening public health services. Yet there are enormous gaps in our knowledge. How many people work in public health? How much money is spent on public health? What does it actually achieve? None of these questions can be answered easily. This volume brings together current knowledge on the organization and financing of public health services in Europe. It is based on country reports on the organization and financing of public health services in nine European countries and an in-depth analysis of the involvement of public health services in addressing three contemporary public health challenges (alcohol obesity and antimicrobial resistance). The focus is on four core dimensions of public health services: organization financing the public health workforce and quality assurance. The questions the volume seeks to answer are: o How are public health services in Europe organized? Are there good practices that can be emulated? What policy options are available? o How much is spent on public health services? Where do resources come from? And what was the impact of the economic crisis? o What do we know about the public health workforce? How can it be strengthened? o How is the quality of public health services being assured? What should quality assurance systems for public health services look like? This study is the result of close collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe Division of Health Systems and Public Health. It accompanies two other Observatory publications: Organization and financing of public health services in Europe: country reports and The role of public health organizations in addressing public health problems in Europe: the case of obesity alcohol and antimicrobial resistance.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264083251
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2010 edition of OECD's periodic review of Canada's economy includes chapters covering policies to sustain the recovery, fiscal consolidation strategies, and health care reform.