Intellectual and Developmental Disability: Healthcare Financing

Frontiers in Public Health

David A. Ervin¹ 

关键词: intellectual and developmental disability;    healthcare Financing;    World Health Organization;    health care;    neurodevelopmental and related disabilities;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00160

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates global spending on healthcare at $6.5 trillion, approximately 10.5% of the world’s gross domestic product. The United States’ (US) share of that spending is $2.6 trillion, essentially quadrupling since 1980. The 2010 United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare, has stimulated extensive debate over the way in which healthcare is financed, and whether or not the costs of healthcare are sustainable. Among publicly funded healthcare in the US, Medicaid and Medicare are primary sources of funding. In federal fiscal year 2012, Medicaid spending on acute health exceeded $275.4 billion, while a further $122.7 billion expended in Medicaid long term services and supports. The impact of an aging population worldwide (the so-called “wave of wisdom”), as the Baby Boomer generation reaches senior status, and attendant increases in chronic conditions, will be a substantial driver of healthcare costs in the future.

【 授权许可】

CC BY