| Titre | Expliquer la croissance des dépenses de santé : le rôle du niveau de vie et du progrès technique | |
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| Auteur | Frédéric Rupprecht, Alain Quinet, Yannick L'Horty | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 129-130, 1997/3-4 Nouvelles approches micro-économiques de la santé | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Nouvelles approches micro-économiques de la santé Notes |
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| Page | 257-268 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Explaining Health Expenditure Growth: the Effect of Standard of Living and Technical Progress by Yannick L'Horty, Alain Quinet and Frédéric Rupprecht
The aim of this paper is to explain health expenditures growth in France since 1970. In a first section, we survey empirical studies and deal with two major issues : is income elasticity of health greater than one ? What is the impact of supply factors, like medical technical progress ? In a second section, we estimate an health expenditure function using French data between 1970 and 1995. Health expenditures grow with the standard of living measured with GNPper capita, and that effect could explain more than two fifth of health expenditures growth since 1970. Price elasticity is high, even if we take into account financing with French Social Security system. Medical technical progress has also a strong impact. The aging of population has a minor effect. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1997_num_129_3_5878 |
