Ireland

Ireland is one of only three countries in the European Union to have reduced spending on health care as a proportion of GDP between 1980 & 1996. Ireland's economic crisis in the 1980s brought significant contraction & constraint of the country's health care system. Then the economi...

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Published in:Journal of health politics, policy and law policy and law, 2000-10, Vol.25 (5), p.915-923
Main Author: Wiley, Miriam M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost Containment
Government Spending
Health Care Costs
Health Care Services
Health Care Services Policy
Ireland
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Summary:Ireland is one of only three countries in the European Union to have reduced spending on health care as a proportion of GDP between 1980 & 1996. Ireland's economic crisis in the 1980s brought significant contraction & constraint of the country's health care system. Then the economic boom of the 1990s, combined with the impact of deferred investment, produced great pressure for expansion. Despite the increased spending in the 1990s, health spending over the 16-year period showed an overall decline in the proportion of GNP & GDP devoted to health expenditures. At present, the consensus of the political & policy communities in Ireland seems to be that health financing & policy development should continue to be centralized within the public sector. It is highly unlikely that any form of market-based model will emerge in the foreseeable future as the framework for the Irish health system. 1 Figure, 13 References. A. Funderburg
ISSN:0361-6878