Publication: Population ageing and health care expenditure: new evidence on the "red herring"
Population ageing and health care expenditure: new evidence on the "red herring"
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Zweifel, P., Felder, S., & Werblow, A. (2004). Population ageing and health care expenditure: new evidence on the “red herring.” Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 29(4), 652–666. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00308.x
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The observation that average health care expenditure rises with age generally leads experts and laymen alike to conclude that population ageing is the main driver of health care costs. In recently published studies we challenged this view (Zweifel et al., 1999; Felder et al., 2000). Analysing health care expenditure of deceased persons, we showed that age is insignificant if proximity to death is controlled for. Thus, we argued that population ageing per se will not have a significant impact on future health care expenditure. Several
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- Zweifel, Peter
- Felder, Stefan
- Werblow, Andreas
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Zweifel, P., Felder, S., & Werblow, A. (2004). Population ageing and health care expenditure: new evidence on the “red herring.” Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 29(4), 652–666. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00308.x