Chapter 2

CEIS Health Report 2006
2.3 - Health Care: Growth and the Fiscal Burden
by Martins J. M.
2.3.1 Rising Demand and Public Funding 131
2.3.2 Growth in Expenditure and Transfer of the Burden 131
2.3.3 Command-control and Market-oriented Policies 133
2.3.4 Australia’s Public Funding 133
2.3.5 Exclusion and Control of Supply 134
2.3.6 Saddling the Consumer on the Demand Side 135
2.3.7 Fiscal trade-offs 135
2.3.8 Conclusions 136
References 136
2.4 - Soft Budget Constraints in Spanish Health Care Decentralization
by Puig-Junoy J., Ana Tur Prats 137
References 141
2.5 - Implementation of Regulated Competition
on a National Scale: the Case of the Netherlands
by Rutten F.
2.5.1 The Final Stage of the Dekker Reform 142
2.5.2 A New Hospital Financing System 143
2.5.3 Shifting Responsabilities away from the Government 144
2.5.4 Conclusions 144
References 144
2.6 - Deficit in the Argentina National Health Scheme
and Analysis of Coverage Tools
by Levcovich M., San Martin M., Schweiger A.
2.6.1 Introduction 145
2.6.2 Characteristics of the Argentinean Health System 145
2.6.3 The Public Sector 147
2.6.4 Guaranteed Services 148
2.6.5 Health Expenditure 148
2.6.6 The Deficit 150
2.6.7 Final Remarks 152
References 153
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