Edited by
Cheryl Cashin
Y-Ling Chi
Peter Smith
Michael Borowitz
and Sarah Thomson

2014

In 2010, the OECD published ‘Health System Priorities when Money is Tight’1 in response to the observation that health spending continues to grow faster than the economy in many OECD countries. Given the harsh fiscal realities of the recent economic downturn and the fact that most health spending comes from public budgets, countries are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their health systems.