title: Health expenditure trends in OECD countries, 1970-1997.
abstract: This article provides an overview of current trends in health expenditures in 29 OECD countries and recent revisions of OECD health accounts. U.S. health expenditures are compared with those of other OECD countries. The interactions of cost-containment measures with changes in the public-private mix of financing and in the composition of health care spending are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Unit, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France. manfred.huber@oecd.org
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huber
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000191:economics*; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005381:Financing, Organized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics