Health Affairs August 13, 2019
What is the relationship between social spending and health care spending, particularly in high-income countries? A new study, being released ahead of print by Health Affairs, evaluated data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on 35 OECD member states spanning the period 1980–2015, to answer three questions: How does the US compare to other OECD countries in terms of social spending? Do countries that spend less on social services spend more on health care? Is there any evidence that increases in social spending over time are associated with decreases in health care spending? The authors found that average health care spending across the OECD was approximately 8.8 percent of each country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015,...
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