The limits to demand for health care

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/321/7252/40.pdf

It is difficult to justify the conventionally unfavorable forecasts of the relation between demand and supply in terms of overall epidemiological trends, as these are broadly favorable. Among the main disease groups that underlie demand, the rates of coronary heart disease and stroke have been declining since the 1970s. Trends in cancer differ between younger and older people. (Au)

Author(s): Frankel, Stephen, Ebrahim, Shah, Smith, George Davey Originator(s): British Medical Journal, Swedish Institute for Health Economics
Resource added in: 06/12/2000
Available languages: English
Epidemiology, Indicators of Health Services, Health Services Needs and Demand, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
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