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Pressures in UK healthcare
— challenges for the NHS | | Author(s) | Carl Emmerson, Christine Frayne, Alissa Goodman |
| Corporate Author | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) |
| Publisher | Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 63 pp (Commentary no 81) |
| Source | Institute for Fiscal Studies, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE. |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Public expenditure ; Private health services ; Health insurance ; Social policy ; Demography. |
| Annotation | The Budget presented on 21 March 2000 announced planned spending increases for the National Health Service (NHS) of some 6.1% a year over the next four years. The challenge for the NHS is to deliver the necessary improvements in patient care to justify the increase. This Commentary looks at the role of both the public and private sectors in healthcare provision in the UK, and examines the economic arguments for government intervention in healthcare. It sets out some international spending comparisons in the context of different healthcare systems, and their differences in health outcomes. The usefulness is questioned of waiting lists, waiting times, and regional variations for measuring quality. The NHS is more likely to experience spending pressures in future from changing demographics, particularly an ageing population. Even if health spending increases by 30% in real terms by 2040, the commentary suggests that this will be less than the expected rate of growth in the economy over the same period, and is in line with the spending pressures and demographic trends accommodated by the NHS in the last 50 years. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000817007 B |
| Classmark | L4: WN8: LH: WPG: TM2: S8 |
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