NDLI: Health System Reform

Please wait, while we are loading the content...

OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2002

Assessment and Recommendations

Recent Trends and Prospects

Macroeconomic Policy

Health System Reform

Structural Policy Developments

Health System Reform

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Organization	OECD
Abstract	The US health care system is unique in the OECD area. It does not have a national insurance programme and 14 per cent of the population has no insurance coverage, although charity and subsidised programmes facilitate access to the medical system for the 40 million uninsured. It spends vastly more than other Member countries (14 per cent of GDP as compared with an OECD average of 8 per cent). It does relatively well in terms of clinical outcomes achieved. It is also responsive, adapting quickly to changes in consumer preferences, and the majority of Americans is highly satisfied with the care they receive. But, the costs of health care are high, and many Americans are at risk of being uninsured at some point in their lives. Also, like in other OECD countries, service use and health outcomes vary widely across the population. Neither public nor private payers have achieved much in the way of curbing expenditure growth over the long term, despite short-lived successes on the public side in containing prices through prospective payment systems and on the private side in controlling volume and costs through managed care. In addition, the system’s performance on various measures of health status, in comparison with those of other OECD countries, calls into question the value of the high level of spending in terms of marginal improvements in population health, although arguably worse societal risk factors also play a role. Still, despite the remaining potential to achieve better value for money, improvements in population health seem to have yielded substantial increases in national income (Nordhaus, 2002b).
Page Count	102
Starting Page	85
Ending Page	126
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2002-10-16
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

Central Library (ISO-9001:2015 Certified)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India | PIN - 721302

See location in the Map
03222 282435
Mail: support@ndl.gov.in

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in