Yoksulluk esas itibariyle bireylerin ihtiyaçlarını karşılayabilmesi için yeterli gelire sahip olmaması durumunu ifade etmektedir. Ülkeler açısından önemli olan bu sorunun çözümünün gerçekleşmesi devletler, ülkelerde politikaları tasarlayan ve uygulamaya koyan kurum olarak son derece bir unsurdur. Kamu sağlık harcamaları da devletin harcama kalemlerinden biri karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Çalışmada 200...

BACKGROUND Over the last decade, total healthcare expenditures, comprised of both public and private healthcare expenditures, have increased in most East African countries. At the same time, health outcomes such as infant mortality rates, life expectancy at birth and other health outcome indicators have improved. OBJECTIVES This paper examines the association between healthcare expenditures a...

BACKGROUND Although public and media attention has focused on the federal role in the regulation of tobacco products, state government remains an important arena for changing tobacco control policies. Lobbying state officials by public health and the tobacco industry is a commonly used mechanism to influence public policy. METHODS Major bills of the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 Wisconsin legislati...

BACKGROUND A dramatic increase in healthcare expenditures is a major health policy concern worldwide. Understanding factors that underlie the growth in healthcare expenditures is essential to assist decision-makers in finding best policies to manage healthcare costs. We aimed to examine the determinants of healthcare spending in Iran over the periods of 1978-2011. METHODS A time series analys...

Our study examines the impact of the capital prospective payment system (CPPS), implemented by Medicare in 1991, on capital expenditures and cost-e€ective behavior of non-proprietary hospitals. As noted in the paper, we use audited ®nancial statement data for a large national sample of hospitals. Univariate analyses demonstrate a statistically signi®cant decline in capital expenditures in the y...

According to preliminary estimates of the Nation's health spending in fiscal year 1975, health expenditures reached $118.5 billion, or $547 per person. Total health spending showed a 14-percent rise, significantly higher than the increase in 1974 when price controls in the health industry were in effect for most of the year. The acceleration of health spending during 1975 was accompanied by a s...

Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy − with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector’s annuity burden − but these savings may be offset by worsening functional status, which i...

The United States spent an estimated $287 billion for health care in 1981 (Figure 1), an amount equal to 9.8 percent of the Gross National Product (GNP). Highlights of the figures that underly this estimate include the following: Health care expenditures continued to grow at a rapid rate in 1981, at a time when the economy as a whole exhibited sluggish growth. The 9.8 percent share of the GNP w...

Governments in developing countries spend money on goods and services that have an impact on people’s exposure to risk. This paper presents a simple approach to valuing such expenditures from the perspective of risk reduction. There are two types of expenditures: public provision of insurance, such as for health care or crop yields; and policies aimed at other objectives that change peoples’ ri...