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R B Saltman1, G Berleen, B A Larsson
1Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. rsaltma@sph.emory.edu
Abstract:
Current national expenditure series in the health sector focus predominantly on spending for medical services. However, as the percentage of elderly individuals grows, national policy makers will increasingly require an expenditure series which includes combined expenditure for social care as well as medical expenditures. In one country, Sweden, national policy makers have begun to relate policy decisions to a 12.0% (1996) figure for combined health and social care expenditures. Calculating such a combined figure presents a number of methodological issues, such as which social care services to include and how to reflect donated care from relatives and friends. An international comparison of this new health and social care figure would enable national decision makers to judge better the efficiency and effectiveness of current policy.
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