Journal article
Cohort effects on the need for health care and implications for health care planning in Canada
Abstract
The sustainability of publicly funded health care systems is an issue for governments around the world. The economic climate limits governments' fiscal capacity to continue to devote an increasing share of public funds to health care. Meanwhile the demands for health care within populations continue to increase. Planning the future requirements for health care is typically based on applying current levels of health service use by age to …
Authors
Whittaker W; Birch S; MacKenzie A; Murphy GT
Journal
Health Policy, Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 81–88
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.10.007
ISSN
0168-8510