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| The impact of ageing on expenditures in the National Health Service | | Author(s) | Meena Seshamani, Alastair Gray |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 31, no 4, July 2002 |
| Pages | pp 287-294 |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Expenditure [care] ; Ageing process ; Demography ; Longitudinal surveys ; Comparison ; England ; Canada ; Australia ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Health policy makers in many countries have expressed concern over the pressures that increased numbers of older people will exert on health care costs. The authors examined detailed national age-specific expenditure trends in England and Wales for 1985/87 to 1996/99, and compared findings with those for Canada, Japan and Australia. In England and Wales, the population age 65+ have per capital health expenditures that are three times higher than expenditures for the population aged 5-64. In recent decades, these per capita costs have risen more slowly in older age groups than in middle age groups, with the exception of acute inpatient services and family health services. As a result, the proportion of national expenditures allocated to the age 65+ population decreased from 40% to 35% between 1986 and 1999. Changes in population have only contributed to 18% of observed increases in health expenditure in this period. This finding directly contrasts with similar data for Japan, Canada and Australia - where older populations have had the most rapid rises in health care costs - indicating possible differences in patient management and access to care for older patients in these countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020903201 A |
| Classmark | L4: QD: BG: S8: 3J: 48: 82: 7S: 7YA: 7DT |
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