How does population ageing affect health system financial sustainability and affordable access to health care in Europe?
(18.03.3025) This brief aims to improve our understanding of how population ageing affects the financial sustainability of health systems, focusing on its likely impact on affordable access to health care (financial protection). It uses the Population Ageing Financial Sustainability Gap for Health Systems (PASH) Simulator to forecast the impact of population ageing on health system revenue and spending between now and 2060 to estimate the likely size of the ageing-related health financing gap in selected countries in Europe (Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain).
Regions / Country
Europe
Global challenges
Topics
Health
Old-age pensions
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