Preferences on policy options for ensuring the financial sustainability of health care services in the future: results of a stakeholder survey.

摘要: Background Universal access to health care in most western European countries has been a given for many decades; however, macroeconomic developments and increased pressure on budgets could mean the status quo cannot be maintained. As populations age, declining proportion of economically active citizens are being required support larger burden social care, while increasing availability novel technologies extending improving life continues push costs upwards. With expenditure continuing rise as national income, concerns raised about current future financial sustainability Organisation Economic Co-Operation Development (OECD) systems. Against this backdrop, discussion options fund future, including whether raise additional finance (and ways do so), reallocate resources and/or ration services becomes very pertinent.