Death, taxes and healthcare spending - examining the relationship between revenues, rates of different tax channels and various forms of healthcare expenditure

• Main Authors: Ang, Zhi Hong, Peh, Ko Hsu, Goh, Xavier Jia Qing
• Other Authors: Akshar Saxena
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Health expenditure; Out-of-pocket; Tax revenue; Tax rate; Tax channel affect health expenditure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175534
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Amongst OECD countries, long-term healthcare expenditure is expected to outpace GDP growth, making it difficult for governments to finance its healthcare expenditure (GHE) while ensuring that out-of-pocket payments (OOP) do not grow too quickly for citizens. Given that tax revenues account for ab...