In recent years, the demand for health services has increased as a result of the awareness of society in countries, increasing inequalities, unemployment, migration, climate change, epidemics, inflation, aging, increasing use of health technologies, and similar developments. This has led to a significant increase in healthcare spending. To meet this rising demand and health spending, policymakers have had to create new resources and enact new policies and regulations for resource allocation. Growth rates in national economies have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years. The studies to be conducted in this Research Topic will guide policymakers in the future by showing how economic growth affects health services and whether it leads to differentiation among countries. The research will examine the relationships between health spending, health indicators, and economic growth in OECD countries. OECD stands for “The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development”, a group of 38 countries with market-based economies where the governments collaborate to ensure sustainable economic growth.
Aging, unequal income distribution, climate change, epidemics, and technological developments have placed a significant burden on countries' health care expenditures. While some countries are providing a higher quality of life and better health care to their society with economic growth, other countries are unable to provide adequate health care to their citizens due to low economic growth, lack of resources, and increased health care spending. Economic crises and recessions in post-pandemic countries have negatively impacted the lifestyles of low-income populations. Increasing obesity, stress and anxiety, chronic disease, out-migration, and a shortage of health workers are the major common problems facing policymakers in both developed and developing countries. In addition, there is a movement of health workers from developing to developed countries. This is further impacting the already low numbers of health professionals in developing countries. Suggestions are made on how strategies should be developed, based on scientific studies, to address the above problems.
The Topic Editors welcome submissions including but not limited to the following themes:
• How economic growth affects health services and whether it leads to differentiation among countries
• Examine the relationships between health spending, health indicators, and economic growth in OECD countries
• Identify the direction and impact of the relationship between economic growth and health spending and indicators of health care in OECD countries.
In recent years, the demand for health services has increased as a result of the awareness of society in countries, increasing inequalities, unemployment, migration, climate change, epidemics, inflation, aging, increasing use of health technologies, and similar developments. This has led to a significant increase in healthcare spending. To meet this rising demand and health spending, policymakers have had to create new resources and enact new policies and regulations for resource allocation. Growth rates in national economies have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years. The studies to be conducted in this Research Topic will guide policymakers in the future by showing how economic growth affects health services and whether it leads to differentiation among countries. The research will examine the relationships between health spending, health indicators, and economic growth in OECD countries. OECD stands for “The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development”, a group of 38 countries with market-based economies where the governments collaborate to ensure sustainable economic growth.
Aging, unequal income distribution, climate change, epidemics, and technological developments have placed a significant burden on countries' health care expenditures. While some countries are providing a higher quality of life and better health care to their society with economic growth, other countries are unable to provide adequate health care to their citizens due to low economic growth, lack of resources, and increased health care spending. Economic crises and recessions in post-pandemic countries have negatively impacted the lifestyles of low-income populations. Increasing obesity, stress and anxiety, chronic disease, out-migration, and a shortage of health workers are the major common problems facing policymakers in both developed and developing countries. In addition, there is a movement of health workers from developing to developed countries. This is further impacting the already low numbers of health professionals in developing countries. Suggestions are made on how strategies should be developed, based on scientific studies, to address the above problems.
The Topic Editors welcome submissions including but not limited to the following themes:
• How economic growth affects health services and whether it leads to differentiation among countries
• Examine the relationships between health spending, health indicators, and economic growth in OECD countries
• Identify the direction and impact of the relationship between economic growth and health spending and indicators of health care in OECD countries.