Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261080 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Citation: 
[Editor:] Davis, J.B. [Title:] The Social Economics of Health Care [ISBN:] 9780429232381 [Publisher:] Routledge [Place:] London [Year:] 2001 [Pages:] 195-218
Publisher: 
Routledge, London
Abstract: 
Ageing populations in developed countries have placed increasing demands on health care services and drawn attention to how age is related to medical expenditure. The effect of ageing on health involves a mixture of biological and social factors that ideally requires an interdisciplinary approach if it is to be properly understood. Expenditure decisions connected to age add further complexity by raising difficult ethical problems. The current paper aims to bring out the intricacy of the age-medical expenditure relation and highlight the biological, social and ethical background that has often been overlooked in the economic literature.
Subjects: 
ageing
health
health care
ethics
medical expenditure
JEL: 
H51
I15
I18
J11
J14
J17
Published Version’s DOI: 
Document Type: 
Book Part
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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