Adverse drug events (ADEs) are an increasingly relevant issue for healthcare systems as
they are associated with poorer health outcomes and avoidable misuse of resources. The …

OBJECTIVE: Concerns about health care expenditure growth and its long-term sustainability
have risen to the top of the policy agenda in many OECD countries. As continued growth in …

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across
a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle …

Introduction Government health spending is a primary source of funding in the health sector
across the world. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, only about a third of all health spending is …

In this article, we examined if partisan ideology and electoral motives influence public
healthcare expenditure (HCE) in countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation …

In recent years, the aging population and increasing medical expenses among the older
adults have emerged as significant public health concerns. National governments must …

In this paper we examine whether partisan influence on social expenditure in the OECD has
decreased over the past three decades. We analyze whether a reduced partisan influence is …

Abstract Objectives Rapid growth of Health Care Expenditures (HCE) has become one of
the main challenges for the sustainability of public finances worldwide. The persistent …

A large body of literature studies on the relationship between health care expenditure (HCE)
and GDP have been analyzed using data intensively from developed countries, but little is …

Objetivo. En 2014, los países miembros de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud
firmaron la Estrategia para el acceso universal a salud y cobertura universal de salud. En …