Model development issues when forecasting health expenditures

Background paper for the OECD Expert workshop on improving health expenditure forecasting.

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The OECD manual, A System of Health Accounts (SHA) provides a standard framework for producing a set of comprehensive, consistent and internationally comparable accounts to meet the needs of public and private-sector health analysts and policy-makers.

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Updated, refined and extended projections of public spending on health and long-term care for OECD countries and the BRIICS suggest a rapidly rising trend over the next 50 years.

Agenda for the OECD Expert Workshop on Improving Health Expenditure Forecasting

Agenda for the OECD Expert Workshop on Improving Health Expenditure Forecasting

Health spending in Europe falls for the first time in decades

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