Presentation: The Public-Private Mix in Health Care Expenditure in OECD Countries: An Empirical Investigation
Presentation
Session: Comparative Health Systems
Room: Meeting Room 21
Time: Thu 14:30-15:45
Presenter: Haizhen Mou (University of Saskatchewan. Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy)
- Abstract
This paper investigates the determinants of the public-private mix in health care expenditure in OECD countries over the 1981 – 2005 period. Estimating equations are based on an extension of Usher (1977)'s model of the collective decision to socialize private goods. The estimation results verify Usher’s theory concerning the roles of incentives to redistribute and the losses from socialization of health care when preferences are diverse. In addition, we find that the general right-left ideological views of citizens play an important role in defining the boundary between public care and private care. Finally, the results indicate that population aging is likely to lead to increased spending on the public health care system rather than to greater relative reliance on private care.
- Key Terms
- public-private mix, health expenditure, redistribution, aging, ideology
Authors:
- Haizhen Mou (University of Saskatchewan. Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy)
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