2008
DOI: 10.1787/235327525311
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Improving Cost-Effectiveness in the Health Care Sector in Iceland

Abstract: Health outcomes and the quality of health care in Iceland are very good by international comparison, while income-related health inequality appears to be smaller than in most other countries. However, the health-care system is costly and, according to OECD estimates, public expenditure on health and long-term care could reach 15% of GDP by 2050 if no restraining measures are taken. This highlights the importance of raising cost-effectiveness and spending efficiency more generally. To this end, it would seem ad… Show more

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“…The 2008 OECD Economic Survey of Iceland recommended several options for enhancing spending efficiency in the health care sector (OECD, 2008;Suppanz, 2008). To begin with, impediments to private provision, which accounts for only one quarter of publicly financed health-services, should be removed and the sector opened up to competition.…”
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“…The 2008 OECD Economic Survey of Iceland recommended several options for enhancing spending efficiency in the health care sector (OECD, 2008;Suppanz, 2008). To begin with, impediments to private provision, which accounts for only one quarter of publicly financed health-services, should be removed and the sector opened up to competition.…”
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confidence: 99%